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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3674, 24 April 1883, Page 2

The annual report of the Inspector of Schools for the AA r ellington district has recently been published, and, as m former years, contains some valuable suggestions. On the subject of "Payment by Results Mr Lee writes as follows ;—" In order to reduce to a minimum the defects m class teaching, already pointed out, special inducements should beheld out to good teachers for thoroughness of work done. At present no difference is made between the hard-working. skilful, and successful teacher, and the less energetic routmcAvorkiii"- man, except so far as the attendance is affected ; and there is nothing, beyond the chance of promotion, to stimulate a teacher to put forth all his energies and devote himself to his work. lam aware that a sense of duty is a powerful monitor in the breasts of many ; but, I think, the successful teacher shoidd be rewarded for his diligence ; and the unsuccessful suffer for his indolence. If the scale of salaries were revised, and about ten per cent of the salary paid as a merit grant, partly for percentage of passes made, and partly for thoroughness of work, I feel confident a "•reat improvement would take place in examination results. The Board already admit the principle of payment in accordance with the amount of work as determined by the numbers taught: I simply recommend that payment be also niude iv relutiou to