CRAMMING FOR EXAMS.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIX, Issue 5257, 28 March 1928, Page 4

CRAMMING FOR EXAMS.

NEITHER DESIRABLE NOR USEFUL VIEW OF EDUCATIONISTS. When the excellent results achieved by pupils of the Hamilton High School in the recent examinations were under discussion at a meeting of the Board of Governors lafet week Mr F. A. de' la Mare said he recently asked the PHn'cipal of Christchurch Boys’ High School why junior national scholarships were not being won by pupils of that school. The principal replied that the School had deliberately set its face against 'special preparation for these examinations.

- If, said Mr de. la acquirement of the scholarships was a result of the normal training of the school, well and good ; but if it was the result of hothouse forcing of particular boys, then it was. a very bad thing. Mr de la Mare added that the did not think it should go forth to the pupils or. to the public that the board judged the schoo.l on examination results. They were extremely glad to see examination successes as the natural outcome of the ordinary school! work. That in itself was very important. . The speaker added that he had also spoken with one of the professors of Canterbury College, who stated that the boys who came from a certain school in the North Island with junior national scholarships and with reputations. of being brilliant were not able to maintain the running and did less valuable yrork’than the boys who underwent a normal training.