EDUCATIONAL.
School Inspectors' Conference
I (By Telegraph.—Press Assooiation).
Wellington, Saturday. At ibolnspect»t'sConfereno6 yesterday morniDg, the sub-comruitlee ro« ported on the subjict of uniformity of examination throughout the Colony, th 4 under existing circumstances it tvould bo best for the Minister of Education to issue to Inspectors a code of instructions, defining clearly the possible standard of proficiency to
be teqcired in each subject of every standard clbbb. Secondly, that samples of arithmetical tests to be used in each standard class above Standard II should 111 issued by the Minister to all Inspectors in the Colony, At least fifty speoial Bets of tests shduld be provided for eaph class. Thirdly, for defining the proficiency necessary for a pass in reading, writing, drawing, and composition, the Committee liab do suggestions' to offer, but submit the following suggestions in connection with spelling and Arithmetic: that in Standards I and 11, the pass be two-thirds of the words set, the words to be taken from one of the staudard olass reading books, chosen by the teacher; that in Standard 111 about five lines and five words be required, throe errors to count for failure,
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4639, 3 February 1894, Page 3
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190EDUCATIONAL. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4639, 3 February 1894, Page 3
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