Important Survey of Schools Throughout China to be Undertaken ional Association for Advancement of Education anged for a survey of y and secondary schools ughout the whole country.
ina Christian Educational Association is ce-operating and the survey has been completed in Peking, Tientsin and Tsinan, and is now under in Nanking and adjoining cities.
The inaugural conference for Shanghai and neighbouring centres will be held at the Labour-museum of the Chung Hwa Vocational School, West Gate, Shanghai, on November 1 and 2. The object of this conference is to explain to principals and ministrative officers the objectives and methods of the sw and to train a "Group of Examiners" who will carry it out. These examiners should consist of college school principalls, supervisors, teachers who are college or normal graduates, and others of equivalent qualifications, near Shanghai wilh be in attendance, and examiners from outside Shanghai should spend at least three days before returning to their own cities. Each institution must pay the travelling expenses, or its share thereof, for delegates to the opening conference, and purchase its own printed test materials. The cost of these will be slight.
Government and Christian edu-vaters are ce-operating in this work, and any institution or sup of institutions in a centre is at bbe; to send representatives to receive training and later conduct a local survey. The obis to work out national and regional standards with which the individual institution may compare its work in each subject of each grade, and thus be in a position to know whether the rk it is doing is up to standard.
The survey is in the charge of Prof. E. L, Terman, of Peking University, as Director, and Prof. Cha, of the Peking Higher Normal College, as Associate Director.
should be addressed to Mr. King Chu. at the Commerial Press, Mr. Chang Pen-ing, angus Educational Association, West Gate, or Rev. E. H. Creasy, of the East China Christian Educational Association, 20 Museum Road, who are meumers of the local committee of arrangements.
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