GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 4, Issue 318, 5 August 1879, Page 2

GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS.

To the Editor of the Akaroa Mail.

Sir, —Will youlcinoTy allow*me, through the medium of. your paper, -to-return .my best thanks to ;" C"'for his valuable suggestions re' supervision _by the Akaroa schoolmaster of the outlying schools in the district, and"'at7the same time make a few remarks thereon..; Surely it is a great oversight on the part of the Board of Education not to have "recommended the supervision themselves. But stop! If " A B C " will refer for a moment to the Inspector's report on last examination of schools in "the district, ho will there see but too truly that the percentage of passes in the Akaroa school was, with two executions, far below that of any school on the Peninsula, and in'the- case-of said exceptions,- the schoolsTfatl"oberi'cldsed for some time, and were re-opened by new masters but shortly before the examination. , Again, the following is an extract from tho Inspector's report on the Akaroa school, examined May, 1575 :—" Efficiency -moderate, the work of a few senior scholars fair, but no efficient supervision of junior classes." ■'-■ In addition to the above, I can prove that in several cases the reports by the Inspectors on some of the outlying benighted schools have been all that could bo desired, although these schools wero in charge of third-class masters. I think, in the face of the above facts, which cannot be denied, the sooner "ABC" dispels his foolish idea the better for all interested in school matters. If, on the other hand, Committees wish to sec chaos the chief characteristic of their schools, and their masters of long standing to resign, then by all v eais ami without delay, let us carry out thin unprecedented piece of presumption. Undoubtedly, it is advisable for teachers to compare notes, . discuss plans, &c, for the bettor, management of their respective schools, but there let the line be drawn, at any rate under tho present management. * Far from forwarding " A B C's " suggestion to the Board of Education, I say 11 hush the matter as soon as possible," and ere it reach the ears of the Inspector for the district (W. L. Edge, Esq.), who would. I am sure, feel aggrieved at the totally uncalled-for interference. Yours, &c. CADIT QUAESTIO.