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education/’ Between 1897 and 1902 these scholar- 
ships were awarded on the results of the Senior 
Cambridge Examination, but from 1903 a special 
examination was conducted by the Cambridge 
authorities on lines suited to Malaya’s needs, all 
candidates however having to pass the Senior 
Cambridge first. In 1900 the Federated Malay 
States also decided to found one scholarship a year. 
But a decade later both Governments discontinued 
the scholarships on the ground that they involved 
a study of Latin, French and mathematical subjects 
less suited to local needs than English, and that 
they led to unwholesome competition and to undue 
attention being paid to a few brilliant boys at the 
expense of the rest. It is now proposed to renew 
them in the Colony at an early date. After their 
abolition, ambitious pupils began to take the Matri- 
culation Examinations for Hongkong and London 
Universities and the Singapore Medical College, 
and the Intermediate Arts and Bachelor of Arts 
Examinations of London University. To these the 
near future will add the Matriculation Examination 
for Raffles College, Singapore. 
Ever since 1891 secondary education in Malaya has 
been associated with the Cambridge Local Examina- 
tions. The 1902 Commission remarked that many 
favoured dropping these examinations, which led to 
the cramming of a number of useless subjects by 
boys who should be studying to fit themselves for 
a Malayan career. But the Commission considered 
that they had led to a real improvement in English 
education and that no local certificate would have 
the same value. The addition of a compulsory 
foreign language to the syllabus for the Senior 
Certificate Examination, led to the Education 
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