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learningby Johnny Johnson
The cost and content of Pitman courses
CONDEMNED to plough a lonely furrow by the lack of education facilities locally, the correspondence course pupil is often at a disadvantage. While there are people who are mentally attuned to solitary study, the average person will need to strengthen his qualities of self-discipline and determination in order to resist the many counter attractions which will tempt him from his correspondence studies.
A potential student who has remained undeterred by the practical difficulties and who has decided that come what may he will pursue his objective to the end must still consider what syllabus to study, from whom he can get tuition, and what it will cost.
The Pitman Correspondence College, Central House, Park Street, Croydon, offers correspondence courses on the syllabuses of the Chartered Institute of Transport, the Institute of Traffic Administration and the Royal Society of Arts Road Transport Subjects. The cost for the Chartered Institute of Transport Intermediate course is £8.50 per subject, for the Associate course which is continued for those who need it £9 per subject and for the final course £10. The Institute of Traffic Administration passenger or goods course costs £12.50 per subject and the remaining courses £8.50. A discount of £1 is allowed for each subject after the first.
The RSA Road Transport Diploma course costs £8 per subject but there are two "group" fees. For any three subjects the cost is £18 and for any five subjects £30.
To these fees must be added the cost of textbooks, stationery and postage.
Each course consists of about 10 lessons. The lessons comprise lesson notes, test papers and help slips. A plan of the course is included and specimen answers are sent with corrected work. A guide to home study sent on enrolment contains advice on how to study and on how to achieve examination success.
The lesson notes are designed to take the place of a spoken lesson and usually contain questions to test whether a pupil has grasped the principles dealt with.
There is a test paper for each lesson which, when it has been completed, is sent to a tutor allocated to the pupil for correction and comment. With the corrected work specimen answers are sent.
The help slips are used for amplification of the points covered in the lesson if this is required. This seems to be an alternative to personal contact between pupil and tutor. If there is any point on which the student is not clear, he writes his question on the help slip and sends it to the tutor. The answer will be returned on the back of the slip with continuation sheets if necessary.
Though each lesson is considered to be complete in itself, further learning is considered necessary and textbooks are recommended. These can be bought from the College if So desired.
At least eight hours a week are recommended for study and, though you are encouraged to work at your own pace, about 12 to 18 months is the average time taken to reach examination standard in three or four subjects.
Three or four lessons are sent at the beginning of the course and further lessons are sent when the corrected work is returned.
Students are expected to make their own arrangements for taking examinations but full details of the procedure are given in the examination regulations.