UNIVERSITY GRADUATES EXAMINATION. At. N. S. Tech. College, Halifax, 15 to 20 August, 1921. [Minor and one-half Major *Examinations]. Monday 9 a. m., English. Tuesday 9 a. m., Latin. Wednesday 9 a. m., Mathe. Thursday, 9 a. m., Physics. Friday, 9 a. m., French. 2 p. m., Greek. Higher halves of Major Examinations to be arranged by Deputy-Examiner. *One of the examination papers in the Major subject may be the Minor paper in the same subject. HIGH SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS AND CERTIFICATES. 130. The Certificates of High School scholarship are not designed for the local grading of schools, which is defined in Section 109 of the Act and in Regulations 30 and 84. They supply, however, the most uniform test of scholarship possible for general purposes, and are accepted by many universities, colleges and other institutions within and without the Province, thus saving high schools from having separate classes for matriculation into different institutions, and high school students from matriculation examinations when they have made a sufficiently high pass under an impartial board of examiners, on a published syllabus and examination questions. 131. They originated from the primitive "Teachers' Examinations," where it was found high school students in order to test their scholarship, took the Teachers' examinations, including those on the professional subjects in which they had no professional interest. On account of this extended public demand, the Teachers' Examination was divided into the scholarship section (the High School examination), and the professional section (the Teachers' Minimum Professional Qualification examination—the M. P. Q.) which ranks one grade below the "Normal Professional Qualification." Hence the "Pass" Certificate (whether "high" or "low") is on a group of subjects imperative only on teachers; but every candidate receives a certificate of the examiners' valuation of each paper, which is valid for any subject examined as a certificate of scholarship on such subjects, whether it is a teacher's pass or not. Only "Pass" Certificates will bear the heading with the "arms" of the Education Department, the high "pass" being indicated only by the higher score prescribed for that distinction. Each university, college or institution, having the course of study, the syllabus of examination, and the printed examination questions before it, can fix its own standard of "passing" at 40, 50, 60 or any other precentage according to its estimate of the candidate's preparedness for its own courses, whether the candidate takes the full teachers' group of subjects to make a "pass", or any other group which does not make the teacher's "pass." 132. The maximum value of each paper shall be 100; the questions being made as nearly as possible equal in value. Should the values of questions be unequal,their values shall be stated near the margin of each question. The time will be specified on the question paper-generally two hours-and when practicable, the questions shall be ten and evenly distributed thru the course. 133. The subjects ,number and values of the papers for the different examinations, and the general scope of the examination questions, are indicated generally by the texts named in the prescribed High School Program. Examination may demand desscription by drawing as well as by writing in all grades of High School and M. P. Q. answers. 134. Each Examiner shall mark distinctly by colored pencil or ink at the left hand margin of each answer on the candidate's paper its value, placing the sum of the marks on the back of the folded sheet. From this sum the number of mis-spelled or obscurely written words is to be deducted to show the net value of the paper; provided, however, that from one to three may be added by the Examiner for specially good writing. Bad writers have no right to be admitted to an examination except on certificate of physical defect, and if examined, the papers are subject to a deduction of marks. One point shall be deducted for every mis-spelled word. 135. No appeal from the examination of a candidate's answer paper at the Provincial high school examination, shall be entertained by the Superintendent unless it is accompained by a fee of fifty cents for each paper to be re-examined to cover the minimum expense, and not even then unless a responsible person vouches for the good standing of the appellant, and the appeal is made within the following dates, according to the grade of certificate: Grade XII: Within the last two weeks of July. Grade XI: Within the first two weeks of August. Grade X: Within the third and fourth weeks of August. Grade IX: Thence to the tenth day of September. 136. (a) Generally the ordinary (low) "pass" requires in each grade an average of 50 on a minimum group of subjects or papers with no subject below 30. English in XI and XII, and Latin and Greek in XII having two papers, the average value of the two papers is taken as the value of the subject in determining the pass. (b) The teacher's (high) "pass" requires an average of 60 on the same groups with no subject below 40, and at least 50 on English.. (c) The candidate will be allowed at subsequent examinations to raise a low to a high "pass" by making at least 60 on each subject of the group not previously reaching that standard. Such supplementary or "partial" examinations cannot be recognized unless the candidate has first made the ordinary or low "pass." A "pass" in grades IX, X and XI cannot in any circumstances be made by supplementary or partial examination. 137. In exact detail a Provincial High School "Pass" Certificate requires: (a) For an ordinary (low) pass on grades IX and X, an aggregate of 300 on a group of six subjects (English being one), with no subject below 30; for a high pass an aggregate of 360, with 50 on English and no other subject below 40; (b) For an ordinary pass on Grade XI, an aggregate of 350 on a group of seven papers including English, with no subject below 30; for a high pass an aggregate of 420, with 50 on English and no other subject below 40: (c) For an ordinary pass on grade XII an aggregate of 450 on a group of subjects (nine papers) including English, two foreign languages, one mathematical and one scientific subject, with no subject below 30. (Candidates taking both Latin and Greek may take any other subject instead of the Scientific subject and those making 70 on English (high pass) or 60 (low pass) may substitute any other subjects for a portion or all of foreign languages). For a high pass the aggregate is 540 with 50 on English and no other subject below 40. 138. Candidates failing to make a pass in a grade may be ranked as making a pass in the grade next under, provided they do not fall below eight tenths of the aggregate of the grade with no subject below 25; and in the second grade under if they do not fall below six tenths of the aggregate. A low pass is one grade will be ranked as a high pass in the grade next below. 139. (a) On account of the imposition of two foreign languages for the first time in grade XII, candidates who fail on account of being too low in not more than two subjects but who have made 50 on English and an average of 50 on the other subjects, shall be allowed the privilege of completing the low pass at subsequent examinations by making at least 50 on each of the nine papers not previously up to this standard. (b) Similarly candidates who fail on account of being too low in not more than two subjects but who have made the high average pass on the other subjects and 50 per cent on English, shall be allowed the privilege of completing the high pass at subsequent examinations by making at least 60 per cent on each of the nine papers not previously up to this standard. Failing in in this test candidates making 60 per cent on English and an average of 60 on five other subjects may be granted a high Grade XI pass. 140. First Class teachers employed during the school year in the public schools, shall have the privilege of completing the grade XII high pass by partial examinations from year to year, provided at least an average of 65 is ultimately made with no subject below 60. |