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FOR more than twenty years I have annually sent pupils in for some of these examinations, and, although at times unable to understand the reason for the adoption of some of the regulations, this is the first time that I have ever ventured to call attention to one or two points connected with the working of the Department. Recently, as is well known, the system of payment which has hitherto been adopted has been altered. It is claimed that this alteration is an improvement, because it is said to substitute payment by attendance for payment by results; but in reality it does nothing of the kind, for the examinational results are still one of the chief, if not the chief, factors in fixing the amount of grant. Also the amount of payment per attendance is so small that a most inadequate remuneration is given to the teacher.
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Science and Art Department Examinations. Nature 58, 435 (1898). https://doi.org/10.1038/058435c0
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