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Some persons think that to raise the age for Matriculation would 

 help matters ; others consider that the ages for Intermediate and Finals 

 should be raised ; while a third view is strongly opposed to such changes. 

 There are those who think that the School-leaving examination should 

 be of the present Intermediate standard, and that the Pass B.A. should 

 be abolished on the ground that it is really of school standard. 



On the whole there is very widespread feeling that, so far as 

 London is concerned, there is considerable overlapping both on the side 

 of university work done at school and of school work done at the 

 university. 



Other Universities. 



Opinion from the provincial universities and university colleges 

 seems to indicate that a decided amount, of overlapping exists between 

 the university work and that of the Secondary schools. There is, 

 however, little definite complaint on the subject, and in the case of 

 one university, indeed, the schools are encouraged to retain their better 

 pupils in order that they may pass the Intermediate examination of 

 the university work and that of the secondary schools. It is believed 

 that pupils thereby benefit from receiving the full period of school 

 discipline, and also from being able to reach a higher standard during 

 their three years at the university. Other universities protest strongly 

 against allowing any work of university standard to be carried on in 

 the schools. There is some complaint as to want of general education 

 and of the admission to the university of pupils who should not be 

 admitted, not merely because they are ill-prepared, but because even 

 a longer period at school would probably not have brought them to 

 the necessary level. Attention is directed to overlapping in the 

 teaching of Elementary Science, but it is not altogether deplored. 

 It is felt to be an advantage both for the students to have preliminary 

 scientific knowledge before coming to the university and also to revise 

 this elementary knowledge in the university, where it has to serve as 

 the basis of a professor's particular system. 



II. Polytechnics and other Technical Schools and Colleges. 



Most of the work of the technical schools and colleges in England 

 is carried on in evening classes and does not therefore come within the 

 scope of the present inquiry, which is concerned in this section with 

 the extent to which the day work of such institutions may be considered 

 to belong to secondary schools. On account of the diversity of functions 

 exercised by technical schools and colleges it is perhaps desirable to 

 describe briefly the characters of the classes which are conducted in 

 these institutions before proceeding to inquire as to overlapping with 

 secondary schools. 



A technical school or college may have under the same roof, or 

 directly connected with it, (1) a day secondary school ; (2) a technical 

 institution ; (3) day technical classes ; (4) a school of art ; (5) evening 

 schools and classes. Each of these types of instruction is recognised 

 by a regulation of the Board of Education, and grants are made for 



