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New subjects chosen for scholarship exams

Updated at 11:01 am on 9 September 2010

Samoan and dance will be in school scholarship exams next year, but three other subjects have been turned down.

The Qualifications Authority reviews the list of scholarship subjects every two years.

After its latest review, it approved the inclusion of dance and the Samoan language, but turned down applications for health, home and life sciences, and earth and space science.

The Samoan Language Teachers Association had argued that Samoan is widely spoken in New Zealand and inclusion in scholarship exams would give it higher status.

The Dance Subject Association told the authority that dance was the only arts subject not already included in scholarship and there are enough candidates to offer it at that level.

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