7 JUNE 1946, Page 13

Snt,—It would be interesting to ask secondary-school masters two ques-

tions: (r) Do you have to teach less well than you are able on account of the School Certificate examination?. (2) Could you, by teaching less well than you do, improve your School Certificate results? Some, who like myself, would answer both questions affirmatively, agree with Dr. J. H. Shackleton Bailey that the abolition of the 'School Certificate entails 'some risk; but they believe the risk should be run, expecting to find a new opportunity and occasion for the spirit of true learning.—Yours faithfully,