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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 22

School Certificate Examination Regulations, 1934.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 20th day of March, 1934.

Present:

THE RIGHT HON. G. W. FORBES PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on him by the Education Act, 1914, and of all other powers enabling him in that 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 make the following regulations.

REGULATIONS.

1. THESE regulations may be cited as “The School Certificate Examination Regulations, 1934.”

2. These regulations will come into force on the date of their publication in the New Zealand Gazette.

3. An examination, to be termed the “School Certificate Examination,” shall be held annually in conjunction with the Entrance Examination of the University of New Zealand.

4. Every candidate for the School Certificate Examination must give notice of his intention to sit for the 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 1st day of October preceding the examination. All such notices shall include the names of the optional subjects selected by the candidate, and, where the candidate is entering for the whole examination and is not at the same time a candidate for the University Entrance Examination, must be accompanied by a receipt for the payment of two guineas at some money-order office of the Post and Telegraph Department of New Zealand, and in all other cases by a receipt for the payment of ten shillings for each subject in which the candidate desires to sit.

These provisions notwithstanding, late applications received after the 1st day of October and on or before the 22nd day of October may be accepted by the Education Department provided that the application is in each case accompanied by a receipt for an additional fee of one guinea paid at some money-order office of the Post and Telegraph Department of New Zealand.

5. Every applicant for the certificate must furnish evidence on the form provided that he has completed at an approved school, being a secondary school, technical school, combined school, district high school, or registered private secondary school, at least a three years’ course of secondary instruction, including not less than 10 units in English, 7 units in arithmetic (or 12 units in mathematics including arithmetic), 3 units in history, and 4 units in science. A “unit” denotes one hour a week for not less than thirty-eight weeks regularly throughout the school year.

6. In order to qualify for the School Certificate a candidate must pass the examination in English and at least four other subjects to be chosen from the schedule of subjects as set out in clause 7 hereof. A candidate may not enter at one time for more than six subjects, provided that where both (9) arithmetic and (10) algebra and geometry are taken he may not enter for more than seven subjects.

7. The following shall be the subjects for the examination:—

(1) English.
(2) History.
(3) Geography.
(4) Latin.
(5) French.
(6) German.
(7) Greek.
(8) Maori.
(9) Arithmetic.
(10) Algebra and geometry.
(11) Mechanics.
(12) Heat and light.
(13) Electricity and magnetism.
(14) Chemistry, or
(15) Home science.
(16) Botany.

(17) Agriculture.
(18) Music.
(19) Drawing.
(20) Technical drawing.
(21) Economics.
(22) Book-keeping.
(23) Shorthand and typing.
(24) Needlework.
(25) Housecraft.
(26) Technical electricity.
(27) Heat engines.
(28) Applied mechanics.
(29) Plane trigonometry (not with (9)).
(30) Physiology and hygiene.
(31) General biology.

• Candidates in (26) must also take (13), and candidates in (27) must also take (12).