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204 UO TVERSITY IiOCAIi EXAMINATIONS.
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In The Years 1857 And 1858, Examinations...
withdrawal of all external encouragements to diligence , but in rthe exercisewhere neededof judicious restraint .
, , The advantages of these examinations maybe summed up briefly as threefoldapplying 1 stto the -students \ 2 ndto their parents ; and
, , , ,, 3 rd , to teachers _.. To young : female students it must clearly be no small gain to have their knowledge tested in those elementary but
most important subjects , which they are so strongly tempted to neglect , and which can only be ; known thoroughly by steady application .
Besides this advantage , the successful candidates will be in possession of a certificate which may be of great practical value in after life . The
Want of some such certificate of recognised weight is strongly felt by governessesand perhaps not less so by young persons of the middle
, class who are desirous of employment as clerks and book-keepers . That employers should have doubts as to the business capacity of
women generally , is not to be wondered at , and a young person who has no certificate of competency to offer beyond her own _assertion ,
or that of her friends , is placed in a very unpleasant position . To parentsthese tests would furnish an evidencenot only of the
, , diligence of children , but of the qualifications of the teacher . And lastly , to teachers they would be especially valuable as affording to
the public some means of discriminating between good and bad schools . As matters at present stand _, a zealous , conscientious ,
well-qualified ; teacher , is on a level with the careless and ignorant ,. abilit Parents y _^ to have examine seldom their the own time children or the , inclination and puffing , if with they apparent have the
, , cheapness , often carry the day . We say apparent , because a bad education is dear at any price . It _cannot be doubted that the heads
of girls' schools , who are on the same footing ; as the masters of commercial and private schools for boysare like them , " eagerly
, desirous of some means of publicly proving to the world that they are not neglecting their duty . " To them also it would be a _bqon to
have " a definite aim" set before themselves and their pupils ,, and to be supported by such . high authority in resisting the pressure of
parents and scholars , by which they are " tempted to push their pupils on too fastand to make a show of special knowledge without any
, solid information underneath it . " To earnest and conscientious teachers we would especially
commend this matter , and not less to the parents . of daughters , by whom , assuredly , any movement having for its object the
improvement of female education ought not to be regarded with indifference . this Communications _JoURNAIu : on . . the . '¦ ¦ subject may be addressed to the Office of
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204 Uo Tversity Iiocaii Examinations.
204 _UO _TVERSITY _IiOCAIi EXAMINATIONS .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Nov. 1, 1862, page 204, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01111862/page/60/
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