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IN consequence of the issue by the Board of Education of Circular No. 776, which abolished examinations in the biological sciences, without providing any alternative scheme, the Physiological Society recently sent to the Board a memorandum directing attention to this action as a step gravely affecting national education in science. It was pointed out by the society that the cessation of the examinations in question, by withdrawing central guidance and inspiration, rendered it probable that unprofitable, inaccurate, and trivial courses of lessons would be given, and that in many cases it will lead to the abandonment of instruction in biological subjects in small centres. Moreover, it was insisted upon that development of the national teaching of science subjects, including biological subjects, necessitated an inquiry into the reorganisation of education in physics and chemistry.
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National Teaching of Science Subjects . Nature 89, 331–332 (1912). https://doi.org/10.1038/089331b0
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