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Education Act, 1914.—Amended Regulations for the Intermediate Examination.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 17th day of January, 1927.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE W. DOWNIE STEWART PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on him by the Education Act, 1914, and the amendments of that Act, and of all other powers enabling him in this behalf, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby revoke the regulations at present in force relating to the Intermediate Examination, and in lieu thereof doth make the regulations set forth in the Schedule hereto; and, with the like advice and consent, doth prescribe that this Order shall have effect on and from the first day of October, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven.

SCHEDULE.

THE INTERMEDIATE EXAMINATION.

SPECIAL EXAMINATION FOR SENIOR FREE PLACES.

1. An examination to be termed the Intermediate Examination shall be held annually in the month of November or December at such convenient centres as the Director of Education shall appoint, and shall be open to candidates of either sex who desire to obtain a qualification by examination for a Senior Free Place in a secondary school, district high school, or technical school.

2. The examination shall in general be held at the same time and places as the Public Service Entrance Examination.

CANDIDATES’ NOTICES.

3. Every candidate for the Intermediate Examination must give notice to sit for such examination. Such notice must be on the form provided, and must be addressed to the Director of Education, and sent so as to be delivered at the office of the Education Department, Wellington, not later than the 8th day of September preceding the examination. All such notices shall include the names of the optional subjects selected by the candidate. These provisions notwithstanding, late applications received after the 8th day of September and on or before the 22nd day of September may be accepted by the Education Department, provided that the application is in each case accompanied by a receipt for a late fee of 10s. paid to the Public Account at some branch of the Bank of New Zealand.

4. A candidate at the Intermediate Examination may not at the same time be a candidate for a Senior National Scholarship or for the Public Service Entrance Examination.

A candidate who qualifies in the Senior National Scholarship Examination, or who passes the Public Service Entrance Examination, shall be deemed to have passed the Intermediate Examination.

SELECTION OF SUBJECTS.

5. Subject to any limitation hereinafter made, every candidate in the Intermediate Examination shall be examined (a) in the four subjects named below as constituting Group I of the examination schedule, (b) in one subject to be chosen by the candidate from Groups II or III, and (c) in any other subject or subjects to be chosen from Groups II, III, or IV, in accordance with such schedule, but so that the total possible maximum of marks assignable in all the subjects in which he is to be examined shall not exceed 2,000: Provided that any selection from Group II must include general experimental science, together with at least one, but not more than two, of the remaining subjects of the same group.

SCHEDULE OF SUBJECTS.

6. The following shall be the subjects of examination and the maximum marks assigned to the several subjects:—

Group I. Maximum Marks.
(1.) English .. .. .. .. .. 500
(1A.) Handwriting .. .. .. .. .. 100
(2.) Arithmetic .. .. .. .. .. 300
(3.) History .. .. .. .. .. 300