§ Sir G. COLLINSasked the President of the Board of Education if he is aware of the hardship caused through the leaving certificate examinations at the Academy, Greenock, having been fixed to clash with the dates of the University preliminary examinations; and will he have the matter inquired into?
§ Mr. MUNROMy right hon. Friend has asked me to reply to this question. I am aware of the circumstances referred to. But I cannot admit that there is any hardship to individuals. If pupils pass at the leaving certificate examination, they obtain exemption from the University preliminary. If they fail, they have a second opportunity of presenting themselves for the University preliminary before the opening of the academic year. I may add that, prior to coming to any decision in the matter, the Department, in accordance with their usual practice, consulted school managers throughout Scotland. The dates suggested were generally accepted as satisfactory, and no objection was raised by the managers of the Greenock Academy.