7.
49
138
awarded annually toeach of the Grant-in-Aid Schools concerned.
In the Report of the Director of Education for the year 1929 the following figures are given:-
Local Examinations Grant to Grant-in-Aid Schools
Entrance Fees to Local Examinations for Grant-
i-Aid Schools
In the Government schools 92 pupils were
presented for the Senior and Matriculation Examinations at a cost to Government in Fees of
$14,450
7.715.
1,840
122 pupils were presented for the Junior Local
Examinations at a cost to Government in Fees of
1,464
In the Government schools all pupils in the two senior
classes are obliged by regulation to enter for these
examinations. A great number of the pupils who take the Matriculation examinations have no intention of entering the University even if they obtain their matriculation certificate.
In the case of failure the pupil is at liberty to present himself again the next year, again at the expense of the Government; and indeed there seems no obstacle to his continuing to do so indefinitely.
12.
The Commissioners have considered the evidence before
them and make the following recommendations:- (a)
That in future the entrance examination fees for all
University examinations should be paid by the candidates
themselves. Should the Government find it self unable to
comply with this recommendation then they strongly urge that all students who present themselves more than once for the same examination should after the first time pay their own
entrance fees.
(b)
That the Junior Local and Senior Local Examinations
be abolished, and that the University be approached by the Director of Education with a view to instituting an