Hongkong, July 22.
A complaint regarding. frequent changes of educational policy, in. particular so far as these affect' ox-aminations, was voiced by the Rev. C.B. R. Sargent, Headmaster of the Diocesan Boys' School, at the recent prize-giving ceremony. Mr, Sargent slated that during his six summers in Hongkong, only two have had the same external arrangements, His fritleism was directed chiefly to the Institution of the new public examination for Class 2 students, which more or less replaces the old Junior Local. It was possible, he' stated, for two boys to take exactly the same subjects under this examination and et the same marks in every paper, Yet for one boy to pass with honours and the other fall. The syllabus, he added, would be "educationally ' far sounder if the complicater-system of: groups and optional subjects which made thie anomaly possible were roped and something much simpler substituted, 'A further point which Mr. Sargent made was that the mame, "School Cettineate," was unfortunate, os it Genoted a widely "accepted slanderd well in advance of that of Class 2, which is dar short of' University en: france. "These certificates, therefore," he remarked, "will be very mislead Ing when presented in other parts, of China or elsewhere, and it will not be to Hongkong's credit when it Ig discovered how low the standard
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