Joint Examination of Students Altending graduation examina tions in surroundings entirely different irom the ordinary is the sxperienee of more than 4,000 ud 3, die school pupils who by undergone a joint test of their qualifications under the auspices of tne Bureau of Education of the City Government of Greater Shanghai at places other than their own. class~ rooms, The system, devised by the Ministry of Education, was enforeed for the first time' in this city after three years' successful experi The joint examination of the sixth year students of the various primary schools which have register. ed with the Bureau of Education was held in public halls in 23 schools. on Jure 19 and 20. More. than 4,000. students from $30 schools While the joint examination of the} primary "students was successfully concluded, an incident marred. the third day' of the joint examination, of the middle school students, which was held between June 15 and 17.
According to certain students who had participated in the examination, a subject on English selected by member of the Bureau of Education. was made known to students of a certain school before the examna-The first (Wo days of the exination were attended by more 3,300 students from about fifty I ¢ the cident, students of 22 schools hi refused to participate. The authorities ave making investigations
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