单词 | local examination |
释义 | > as lemmaslocal examination local examination n. British (now historical) (the name of) an examination for secondary school pupils introduced in the mid 19th cent. and held in various local centres under the direction of a central board organized by a university. ΘΚΠ society > education > educational administration > examination > [noun] > university examinations > local examination local examination1854 middle-class examination1857 non-gremial examinations1858 local1869 1854 Illustr. London News 7 Jan. 24/3 Exhibitions or scholarships to reward those students who, at the local examinations, should distinguish themselves, to enable them to receive a higher kind of instruction. 1861 4th Ann. Rep. Delegacy (Local Exam.) 1 The Oxford Local Examinations for the year 1861 commenced on Tuesday, May 28. 1879 Nineteenth Cent. Aug. 317 A good number of the pupils have passed with credit the Oxford and Cambridge local examinations. 1969 D. Wright Deafness vi. 72 In my second year at Northampton I was entered for the Oxford Junior Local examination. 2004 F. M. G. Wilson Univ. London 1858–1900 101 Much educational attention was focussed on an experiment at Cambridge, in which girls were allowed to sit for the Local Examinations. < as lemmas |
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