MERIT THE FACTOR

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 337, 26 September 1932, Page 2

MERIT THE FACTOR

UNIVERSIljY BURSARIES NOW HAVE TO BE WON AND NOT GRANTEB. Radical chang ;s with respect to the granting of bursaries to students entering universities have been made by Grder-in-Council. The outstanding features are that bursaries are to be awarded only upon a purely competitive basis, and that the powers which were previously in the hands of chancellors of constituent university colleges are now to be held only by the Director of Education. University bursaries have in thd past been awarded to applicants who qualified for the higher leaving certi- ■ ficate or passed with credit in the entrance scholarship examination These bursaries afe now to be replaced by university national bursaries, which are to be awarded to candidates selected in order of merit according to results of the university entrance scholarship examination, for which every one desiring a bursary must sit. Having qualified, a candidate must then apply on a prescribed form to the Director of Education for a bursary and the application must be made not later than February 1, following the date of qualifica'tion. Any person, who, during 1930-31, qualified for but was not awarded a university bursary, may now app.'ly for a national bursary upon sitting for the entrance scholarship examination this year. A national bursary is tenable for three years and the Director may granting an extension of a university . granting of mi extension of aunivebsity • bursary was forrneily in the hands of the Chancellor, and in the case of medical students, the total tenure might extend t'o five years. The power of postponing a bursary or of suspending it durifig its tenure is transferred fl-om the Chancellor to the Director. The maximum amount to he paid toward tuitiott fees under the new scheme is to be £20. No national bursary can be held concurrently with another burSary or scholarship, "which, in the opinion of the Director, is reasonably sufficient to provjde in whold' or in part for the payment of university tuition fees." Formerly, a university bitrsary cOu-ld be held 'concurrently with another bursary or scholarship if the total value did not exceed £100 per annurn. The extension of a university bursary to a f'ourth year has in the past been a matter of course, but the extension of a national bursary is now to be granted only in special cases.