Jamaica Local Examinations-Proposed Changes - The National ...

t ! i ..Hori. Minister of Educ a tio~, .·'··.· ~ . . i '. B,~port of the Committee appointed by the ].finister· ·· · ·· of Education to consider Local Examinations. 'We were ~ppoint~'d ·by you to serve on a committee \7i th the followingt erms of reference ~-In the light of education. developments in tho island 1the structure of local examinations and to r eport towith particular r eference to-( al: ·~~(d)(e)(f)to examinethe l'linisterJamaica Local Examinations;Jamaica Certificate of Education;the desirability or otherwise of instituting aschool leaving CBrtificate for senior school andall-age school leavers;certificates for part-time students attending technicalhigh schools and evening institutes;what examination system is needed for students whocontinue courses after the school-leaving age on eitherfull-time or part-time basis;any other relevant matter.2. The personnel of the committee was as follov~ :-Mr. R. E. Mai s - Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education - Chairman~tr. P. C. c. Evans - Education Adviser, Vice Chairman.Mr. J, E. Brovm Adviser on Technical EducationMr. R. M. Bent Chief Education OfficerMr. G. H. Owen Principal, Mico Training CollegeMr. U. C. Wolfe President,Jamaica Union of TeachersMiss Shirley Gordon - Lecturer, U. C.; W. I.Mr. Hugh Falkner - Principal,Collogo of Arts, Science and TechnologyMr. R. C. Tav ares - Principal, Vauxhall Senior SchoolMrs. E. Dalton-James, M.B.E., ~L.C.Mr. E. H. Cousins - Principal Education Officer, Ministry of Edu cationMiss E. M. Rhodd, M. B. E. .Mr. J. J. Mills, O. B. E.Mr. P. A. Broderick.Jamaica Local Examinations3. The Jamaica Local Examinations originated as the Pupil TeachersExamination in the last q_uarter of the last century, lit that time they werethe sole medium of t eacher recruitment, and holders of the Second, Third andFourth Pupil Teachers Examinations t aught f or small salarie s as unregisteredt eo.chers.Tho se who pa-ssed tho :F'ourth Examination, or the Trird after theexaminations had been reduced to three, became eligible to sit tho entranceexaminatioh to training colleges.· Before the · end of the century there wassuch a demand for grammar school education and so few opportunities of provid-.ing it, tha t the senior sections of all-age schools began to send a l argenumber 'of pupils for theexaminations as 'Volunteer' candidates as avmt ored down substitute for secondary education,The number of pupil t eachersdiminished as rapidly as the ~umber ' of 1 volun1;e.ers 1 increased. During the(.'/1930 ' s