SUB-INSPECTOR OF SCHOOL.

Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 20, 23 August 1882, Page 2

SUB-INSPECTOR OF SCHOOL.

W. 5 are" VcVy glaij ';Wsee that Mr Sxel- , soi , in liis capacity as a member of The. "Bo U'd tff' JC'duca'ridn', is cndcavQiurii^g- to^ prt vent'the "rbcifrrence of suck a"sdea<l£ i loci as has lately fakbn place jn r the..Pa4^ . meWon'^ciiool. ' '/lie teatttei' -fcjfs Beeti^ lai<jl up with , idLphiUieria for the- past' • tnqnth, and t i hefe > b6rn t g no mateaSsistatit • '*o take cha^C 1 6( tile upper classes, tih'e" •peUoollias, we believe, been closed during ] the teacher's absencr. ISow this must be most unsatisfactory, both to teachers ana parents, and we certainty think that any steps in the direction of preventing a' repetition of this in any of the schools joi ;he district deserve the thanks of the general public. Mr Snelson's plan of appointing a supernumerary teacher, who -sin .11 also act as assisjksnt tfllMiF FotJ!Li!s in .nspecting some of tlie smaller scuodlsT is, jwe think, both feasible and desirable. Thje number of schools in this district is .no'f larger tjjaj |n^m!j.T)^oJ;ll^r/ di^tfic^s of IS'ew Zealand, and we maintain that on*! inspector, with the work that Mr Fo [jus has to do, is not able to do thort ou,;h 1 f j*^ti<^si|O~|hej si^^Js^irr^er his Bui)erviftion. He has not only to pay two visits per annum to each school, but he has also to superintend and eorcect^ th< papers for examination o£"~jnipu teachers and scholarship candidates. IS'c w, by appointing one of the more deseiving teachers to be as^V^nO-V^sjfe&tofct aui I supernumerary teacher, we consider thi t the cause of education would be ■mi eh benefi^d, , ; Th^ j^pe^se, .^ tj f { Board would be but small, for we beliere ,f;Vi.tfora salary of, say, £200 or £250 pei annum, together with an allowaj^, foi travelling expenses, many eligible cai ididales would be found.