[UMA-SRE-20000070] Minutes of the Schools Board

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IdentifierUMA-SRE-20000070Extent5 volumes and part of another volumeScope and ContentThe Schools Board was first formed in 1912 under Statute XXX The Schools Board. The Schools Board took over the functions of the Schools Inspection and Examination Board and was responsible for considering questions relating to School Studies, the inspection and examination of schools and public examinations including the appointments of inspectors and examiners. It was also responsible for considering questions relating to matriculation and admission to the University and to report to the Professorial Board on those matters. The Schools Board included in its membership, the Vice-Chancellor, the President of the Professorial Board, eight members of the University appointed annually, eight members of the Department of Education and eight members of registered secondary schools. The final meeting of the Schools Board was held on the 12th of November 1964 as it was superseded by the Victorian Universities and Schools Examinations Board. Summary of Contents Confirmation of minutes relating to issues of: Secondary education and the Secondary Education Committee; the Secondary Schools curriculum; the appointment of examiners and inspectors; amendments to regulations; details of subjects; the Council of Public Education; reports; the qualifications of inspectors and examiners; subjects and markings; teachers and examiners; the inspection of naval and military colleges; inspection of laboratories; courses; examination timetables; reports on individual schools; prerequisites for matriculation and the recommendation of inspectors and examiners. Format Handwritten entries on blue-lined paper with typed extracts pasted in. Ledger is bound in cloth and minutes are indexed. Volumes are numbered on spine. Collection CategoryUniversity, officialAccess StatusAccess restrictions applyRequest Access to RecordsRequest records from this Series

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CreatorSchools Board (The University of Melbourne)

Dates

Date1921-1964

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Previous System ID2000.0070Records Services IDUM901Source of DescriptionTabulariumDescriptive NoteNo Finding Aid. Request all boxes

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[UMA-SRE-20000070] Minutes of the Schools Board