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IT is probably safe to say that there has been in recent years a greater increase in the number of candidates taking biology in the School Certificate Examination than in any other subject. It is therefore not surprising that a short time ago the committee of the Science Masters' Association appointed a sub-committee to draw up a syllabus in biology which represented as far as possible the views of all its members. The preliminary draft of this syllabus appeared in the December issue of the School Science Review, and members were asked to communicate their criticisms to the secretary of the sub-committee. At the recent annual meeting of the Association in London, two discussions on this subject were arranged. These were well attended and the views of members on a number of debatable points were heard. The general committee of the Association now intends to invite representations of all examining boards to meet a few of its members who have drawn up the syllabus. It is hoped that the examining boards will co-operate in this respect, and in some cases revise their syllabuses in accordance with the views of those who are actually teaching the subject.
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School Certificate Biology. Nature 137, 284–285 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/137284b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/137284b0