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J. !heoretioal Bzploration with Speoial Referenoe 'to IP1j1
A ~eaJ.s preea1;ed in partial hl:filllent of the requir . . . n'la for the 4egne
GUBMI! Sil'CBt
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o'l Maeter o'l Arts in B4uoation at Maseey Univereity
I wiah to aolmowlectge rq 4ebt to Proteaaor c.G.N. Bill, Kl DipM •• z., PhD Lon.4 •• Bta4 of the SGhool of Bcluoattoa, uader whoee auap1off thie theaie
haa been Writta.. I aa ai.o 1n4ebte4 to -, Supern.eor,
Jlr. Dand Stenhouse,
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K.Z.u•oo
Aria Dip Saek., Senior Leoturer in B4uoa't1onal Philoeopby, whoee oontinue4 interest and gm.4anoe b&Te been ot immcae Tal.u. !he Ministry ot Ecluoation, Youth an4 Sport, fiji, ha.a ld.ndlya1loved • the ue ot relffallt idomation at 1"8
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foo often publlo emt.natioDB are left entirel,1'
1a the hand• of teat ooutnoton and etatiatioiau. fhe wide l"&DS,ng oou14erationa related to examinationa oall for a ohange in thie tren4. Perhaps, those naponaible tor exam1D1ng ought to regard th-elYes leea aa etatiati.oiana and teet conatruotore ma4 mon ae eduoationiata. Ture ia all the more reaaon. tor th1a 1n. Piji 1a light o'f the taot that i t is a llllllti-oultural
aooiety.
!he theai.a la ••en.tially a th.4M>r&Uoal explo- ration into
the
-~or twlotiona of publ.io aam1nat1ona in 1'1~:I..fhe whole e:aeroue 18 baaed on the •x1m that •zam1 n,t1ou
tom
an iatqral
part
of the eduoatiYe prooeae an4 on theoontention.
that the behaviour el1o1ted before, during and after an ft'amina- tion troll oan4i4atea 1• haa'Yill' iatluenoecl
'b7
their paat uper,-1enoe•,
nounahe4 Witbin the reetraillta and llld.te of their oul hral 11111ft.By way of 1nuoduotion, general. probleas in
ecluoation 1n IDllti-oul:tural eooietiea are traoed and the lan- pap-problea dealt wi~ in depth to h1gblis)lt the ooaplexities of auoh problaa. After a brief look at the o•poaitiOll d
the Piji SNiet, an4 1 ta e4uoatioa ayat•, the aajor publio uam,na~iou are 4eaoribe4.
!h•,
the etatecl ~ctiona,purpo•••
and etteots ot namtnatiou ai-e Nri.ewe4 an4 . . . 11lpl1oatiou 4awn. J'rOII the literature N'91.we4 it 1a o1earthat ua•1nattou n-4 to
'be ftll4ated. apiut tha 4eolaNcl an.4 agNe4 upoa enoati.onal a11u1.In
the Pl31 ooatut. a•MNh tor ao•
n.liclatingm.tm.a t.
alao d1eoua1.i.h
oder to •x»loN the 1D.t•l'80UOD between the
J)llblio exam1nat1ou
an4 aw ot ehc:lat1on atten~• lat foou.-ee4 upon the
a»eo~io
hltval ftl.w and . . WU.on.al upin.tiona ot
tu
thNe 4aatnut nltval PGllP• 1a 1131,vu.,
'131W, Ill41M8 an4luopeau.
:a.e:!aa'tioa. pn'1w 1n 1'131.
an•inc
hoa an ilaporlatioa o~~Niga •••taatiou an4 the nltl-cntltual
••t..llp•
beooae thetMa•
tor 41aouaaioau
the ftnal. IMtiou ot the tlle111.tu
r.laUOUhip bttn• th• long.tea etteote of both, naeinaUona
&114 a
nualHtr ot
1001 ... PolitJ.oal 14.ologl• - latq:nt1oll1a"n tie as a 'baee tor
4eo1eioa...,.akt.ngregarclins •xamtnatiou
la :r131. It is llk•l.1' that 1n order to solve tomorrow••
prob1 ... h•r•, allowaao . . tw ezists.na 4ltterenoee in upre••- iou and llte-etylea will help. It 1 augeate4 that emi.na- ti.ona
li
ftji oan be aaeipedn-vitalisin&
rolA 1n theecluoational •111t• it 'they are,
inter a.&a,
w.t1-mo4al an4ooomo4a'te •o~iginaltty• aa4 clirer ity of Taluee, expreeeiou
and the like.
11th alllO t a eoaplete dearth ot r eeuch t1oa on Tarioua aapeota o'f e4 tioa 1n n.31, th1
