SCHOOL CERTIFICATES.
The Hawkes Biy Education Board recently decided, after receiving an opinion from its solicitor, that certificates could not be issued to pupils in Roman Catholic schools which had passed the tests of the Board's Inspector, because the examinations had not been held under tho authority of the Board but by the Inspector in the exceroise of his discretionary power. The Hawkes Bay Herald, referring to the matter, says ;—"The lack of such certificates is a bar to the youth entering Government service, and is always a handicap in the search for employment where edu.
eatior ;i qualiiisatic'..:.. : 3 u.<si-i -1 :i. '< Roman Catholic Mead? Lave to jiitni.-.'; to the support of the State schools, whil as a matter of conscience they lax themselves to provide their own schools. Surely if they are willing to subject the scholars a= ; sue ; i sclo'.ls to the sttme fast as scholars in the Sta*c sehoo'.o ihey are in justice entitled to certificates showing success or failure."
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Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 15 January 1901, Page 4
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164SCHOOL CERTIFICATES. Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 15 January 1901, Page 4
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