New Zealand Gazette – 1915 – No. 66

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✨ Scholarship Examination Regulations



MAY 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1827

  1. No candidate shall be regarded as qualified in the examination who fails to obtain 33 per cent. of the maximum marks in each of the subjects English and Arithmetic, or 40 per cent. of the total marks assignable.

  2. If the marks assigned to the candidate’s work in any subject are less than 25 per cent. of the maximum assignable in that subject such marks shall not be included in reckoning the candidate’s aggregate of marks.

SCHEME B.

SCHEDULE OF SUBJECTS.

  1. Under Scheme B the following shall be the subjects of examination and the maximum marks assignable to the several subjects. In each subject, except as otherwise hereafter indicated, the program shall be that of the Intermediate Examination, but for scholarship purposes, where found expedient, separate papers may be set.

Compulsory Subjects.

Group I.

(1.) English .. .. .. .. 600
(2.) Arithmetic .. .. .. .. 400

Group II.

(3.) One of the following:—
(a.) Elementary Home Science (not to be taken with (6)) .. .. 400
(b.) Elementary Practical Agriculture (not to be taken with (10)) .. .. 400
(c.) Elementary Dairy Science .. .. 300
(4.) Laboratory Work, or Outdoor Work in Field and Garden .. .. .. 100
(5.) (a.) Woodwork or Metalwork (boys only) 300
(b.) Housecraft* (Cookery and Laundry-work), (girls only).. .. .. 300

Optional Subjects.

Group III.

(6.) Elementary Physical Science (not to be taken with (3) (a)) .. .. .. 400
(7.) Geography .. .. .. .. 300
(8.) Elementary Hygiene .. .. .. 300
(9.) Elementary Geology .. .. .. 300
(10.) Elementary Botany (not to be taken with (3) (b)) .. .. .. 300
(11.) Elementary Zoology .. .. .. 300
(12.) Elementary Mathematics .. .. .. 400
(13.) Book-keeping and Commercial Correspondence .. .. .. .. 300
(14.) Elementary Shorthand .. .. .. 100
(15.) Drawing I—Free drawing with pencil or brush .. .. .. .. 100
(16.) Drawing II—Drawing with instruments (girls only) .. .. .. .. 100
(17.) Dressmaking and Needlecraft* .. .. 200

  • For programs in these subjects see clause 29.

  1. Every candidate will be required to carry out satisfactorily a course of individual practical work based on the program prescribed in each of the subjects Elementary Home Science, Elementary Practical Agriculture, Elementary Dairy Science, Elementary Physical Science, Geography, Elementary Hygiene, Elementary Geology, Elementary Botany, and Elementary Zoology, and to forward before the date of examination a certificate in the form provided that such course has been satisfactorily completed.

  2. Every candidate taking Scheme B shall be examined in the two subjects constituting Group I of the examination schedule, also in one of the subjects Elementary Home Science, Elementary Practical Agriculture, or Elementary Dairy Science, and every boy in Woodwork or Metalwork, and every girl in Housecraft. Every candidate shall be examined also in one or more other subjects to be



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🎓 Regulations for Junior and Senior National Scholarships (continued from previous page)

🎓 Education, Culture & Science
17 May 1915
Junior National Scholarships, Senior National Scholarships, Education Act 1914, Scholarship Regulations