CO129-534-3 Report of Retrenchment Commission 4-5-1931 - 19-2-1932 — Page 138

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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.

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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