Head-Mistresses on Evils of Examinations Strong views on examinations were expressed at the Brighton conference of the Association of Head Mistresses, By a great majority the delegates voted in favour of the abolition of the group system in the School Certificate examination.
Miss W. M. Casswell, Edgbaston High School, maintained that all over the country they found that really able—but perhaps "lopsided"—pupils were meeting with failure, Worthy, hard working girls scraped through the examination, while the really intelligent pupil, who might gain double the marks, failed to get a certificate because of a bad performance in one of the essential groups.
"The rules of the game show too many. hazards and bunkers," Miss Casswell said.
They were not wishing to change the curriculum, but they were wanting to do away with the useless and indefensible cramming of distasteful subjects into a child who would undoubtedly drop them the moment she left school.
Miss M. S. Smith, Sydenham High School, said that if they could get away entirely from the School Certificate examination they might hope to see a right emphasis on education; and in consequence a life with a better balance.
Miss D. M. Edwards-Rees, the Godolphin School, Salisbury, said examinations were bringing out the worst that was in the head-mistresses, minions,
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