GOVERNMENT VERNACULAR MIDDLE SCHOOL
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Final Examination
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December 1927
Ten papers were set, some being optional, and eight
papers were taken by each student.
As it was difficult to arrange so many hours for the
papers, in three cases two papers were taken at one session, and
there were five sessions most of which were extended to allow the
students time to take two papers.
It was decided to fix 40 as the pass mark, any student
who received an average of over 45 and had not less than 25 marks
in one subject was awarded a pass.
The Chinese subjects were regarded as one section, the
total of six papers being divided by six for the average mark in
this section. Translation was treated in a similar way for the
mark in that section.
The two sections were added together and divided by two,
the result determining the total mark for decision as to pass or
failure.
Good papers were set in Chinese Composition, Essay on
Historical subject, Chinese history, the Classic of History, the
Great Learning, and an essay on a subject from the four books.
The majority of the examiners were satisfied that the
marks awarded were earned by the scholars.
The work in Chinese was of a high class in the case of
five of the students, whose figures are given below, and it is
the opinion of all the examiners that they are suitable for the
Chinese work that is proposed in the University and which is
supposed to be done here.
The other five students were decidedly weaker and not
much in advance of the students who took the ordinary Chinese
Examination in Matriculation, their marks may be seen in the list
forwarded separately.
P.T.0.