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324 IV. EDUCATION AND MENTAL CULTURE IN SWEDEN.
Table 50. Number of students in the public Colleges.
Average for
Fall-terms. Whole number. Classes I—III. Cl. IV and V. Cl. VI: 1—VII: 2. Cl. IV—VIL 2.
Total. Per 10,000 lnh. 01(188. line. Scientif. line. Class, line A. Class, line B. Scientif. line. Class. line. Scientif.’ line. |
In 1875.. 12,717 29’1 6,844 1,928 1,356 1,303 893 393 4,124 1,749
1876/80.. 14,376 319 7,393 2,159 1,593 1,307 1,183 741 4,649 2,334
1881/85.. 14,986 32 5 7,094 2,364 1,626 1,263 1,848 791 5,475 2,417
1886/90.. 14,507 30 6 7,116 1,897 1,874 910 1,843 867 4,650 2,741
1891/95.. 14,914 30 9 7,340 1,700 2,467 701 1,523 1,183 3,924 3,650
1896/00.. 16,578 32 9 7,818 1,619 2,921 825 1,561 1,834 4,005 4,755
In 1900.. 17,479 34 2 8,141 | 1,514 3,242 784 1,668 2,130 3,966 5,372
Every year, some time between April 15 and June 21, an
examination of students reporting themselves for it is held at the various public
colleges. This is the Final or University Entrance Examination. College
students not presenting themselves for examination at the close of the
Spring term or failing in it, as well as private outside students may be
examined also at the close of the Fall term. The examination is conducted
under the control and supervision of Censors temporally appointed by
the Government, as a rule from among the University professors.
The examination is partly written, partly oral. The written examination
takes place several weeks before the oral, and lasts from 4—6 days, the same
at all schools. The papers are determined by the chief of the Ecclesiastical
Department on the basis of suggestions made by the censors. The candidates
who pass the written examination are entitled to enter also for the oral. The
latter is conducted by the respective teachers in the presence of the censors,
who, if they see fit, may themselves conduct the examination in part or entirely.
As a rule, to gain the university entrance certificate, a student must pass
satisfactorily in all subjects. Within certain limits, however, compensation is allowed.
This final college examination is required for entering not only the
universities, but also various higher special schools such as the Military School,
the Veterinary Institute, the Pharmaceutical Institute, and others. To enter the
Technical High School this examination is not necessary, though it entitles to
such entrance, provided it has been passed on the scientific line. So likewise
the final college examination, without being required, yet entitles the student to
enter the State railroad-, postal-, or telegraph service; and it is required for
entering the custom service. An attempt is now being made to remedy the lack
of a complete middle course with its final examination, for such students as would
like to enter practical life before completing an entire College course (cf. p. 319).
The annual examination of the various classes at the close of the Spring
term, to which the principal isssues a public invitation, together with his annual
Report, is only to be considered as an exhibition before the public, a solemn
completion of the work of the year, before summer vacation, and has no
connection with the promotion of the students to higher classes on the ground of
meritorious work, which has already been made previously.
Students. As seen in Table 50, it is only in recent years that a
marked increase in the number of public college students is noticeable
since 1880. A significant discrepancy between the various lines is clearly
seen, the scientific line having gained in attendance, while the classical
(especially the A-line, with Greek) has lost.
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