§ Mr. GINNELLasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland if he can give the names of the professors and lecturers and others who conducted the matriculation examinations of the National University of Ireland in 1915; the total cost of the examinations; and the amount paid to each of the examiners?
§ Mr. BIRRELLI am informed that the examiners for the matriculation examination referred to were the professors and lecturers in the subjects of the examination in the constituent colleges, together with the assistant examiners appointed by the Standing Committee of the Senate. For their names I would refer the hon. Member to the University Calendar. The net cost of the examination in summer and autumn, 1915, was £700, but I have no information as to the amount paid to each of the examiners.
§ Mr. GINNELLasked how many students entered the Queen's University in 1915 through the intermediate certificate; and how many entered through the university's own matriculation examination?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe reply to the first part of the question is fifty-seven, and to the second part eighty-five.
§ Mr. GINNELLasked the Chief Secretary if, while the Queen's University, Belfast, accepts the intermediate middle grade certificate as satisfying the requirements of the matriculation in that 919W university, the National University of Ireland insists on the intermediate senior grade certificate as an equivalent of the university matriculation certificate; and, if so, what are the reasons for the higher standard in the National University than in the Queen's University?
§ Mr. BIRRELLI am informed that the Queen's University accepts for purposes of matriculation the middle grade certificate of the Intermediate Education Board only provided that the student obtains honours in three of the matriculation examination subjects. The National University requires the senior grade certificate. I am not aware of the reason for any difference in standard that this may involve.