SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 831, 1 June 1910, Page 3

SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS

O NEW CONDITIONS PROPOSED. PRACTICAL TESTS. Some important proposals on the subject of amendments to the conditions of examinations of candidates for Senior Board Scholarships were submitted to the Wellington Education Board at its meeting yesterday by Mr. T. E. Fleming, the board's chief inspector. These were drafted after consideration by the three inspectors of tho board, and set out as follow : - "Wo recommend that the hoard's scholarship regulations be altered to allonoi the division of the board's senior scholarships into two classes—A and B. 'A Class scholarships would be open to. all pupils of the Wellington Education Hoard who arc not more than Iβ years oi age on December lof the vear in which the examination is held, the examination tor this class to be the Civil Service Junior Examination as at present. Marks, as lor-Junior Civil Service—2ooo (maximum). . With regard to B Class scholarships it is suggested that " a certain proportion —at least one-half—of the money available m each year be devoted to senior scholarships to be open to all pupils of the Wellington Education District who are not more than 1C years of ago on December 1 of tho year of examination, and who are being instructed in the rural and domestic courses recommended by tho board. The proposed syllabus of examination for B Class Senior Board Scholarships is as follows:— Harks. English (Civil Service junior paper) COO Arithmetic (Civil Service junior paper) 300 Any two subjects from tho following: Chemistry, physics, botany, physiology, agriculture (as for Civil . Sen-ice Junior, 300 marks each) COO Practical work (including out-door work in the garden and work in laboratory). Note.—ln tho case of girls, an equivalent in "first aid" may bo taken for work in tho laboratory 300 'Boys (woodwork and drawing), girls ' (cookery, dressmaking, etc.) 200 . Maximum ,;, 2000 "The assessment of the marks for the practical work shall bo approved by the inspectors after being made by' the itinerant instructor of each subject'in conjunction with nn assessor. In making this assessment a practical tost may be given, but the attendance, diligence! and progress made, by the scholars during tho year will bo taken into consideration. "In cases of transfer, credit would bo given, where possible, to work done in the school from which the scholar has been transferred. In assessing marks for woodwork, credit will bo given for the drawing as set out in tho instructor's programme. In cookery, credit will he given for wprk done in dressmaking, hygiene, domestic economy, etc., according to the instructor's programme. In all cases, particular attention' will be paid to the note-books of tho scholars." The board agreed, after further discussion, that copies of the proposals should bo circulated among members, for perusal and consideration. They will come before the board at its next mooting.