The Feilding Star. THURSDAY, SEPT. 24, 1885. School Inspector's Report

Feilding Star, Volume VII, Issue 45, 24 September 1885, Page 2

The Feilding Star. THURSDAY, SEPT. 24, 1885. School Inspector's Report

♦ The following is a summary of the results of the examination of the Feilding State School: — Males. Females. Tl. Number on register 144 130 279 Present at examination .. 128 122 250 Average last week 118*6 109-8 228-4

Total failures in subjects .. 350 Percentage of passes .. 63-8 Total passes in subjects .. 619 Acting on advice given by the Inspector, the Committee have determined that they will not give the names of those scholars who have passed, for publication in the local Press. We ; mention this as many heads of families . will be disappointed in not seeing the names of their children in the list of successful candidates for scholastic honors. "We offer a word of condolence to those whose children have failed. It may be some gratification for them to know that the Inspecto: casts no reflection on the scholars, or even hints at a want of capacity or intelligence in them. He appears rather to blame the slipshod manner in which the system of education is applied by the teachers. We will, however, say nothing on that part of the question at present. On Monday evening next the School Committee will have a difficult—not to say delicate —task to perform in making such a thorough analysis of the report as will enable them to arrive at correct conclusions as to the causes which have contributed to the disappointing results at the last examination of the school. Parents will look to the Committee to enlighten them, and the only way they can prepare themselves to do this is by the course they have elected to follow as now indicated.^ In order to shed some light on a dark place we would suggest that in each case where a child has failed, the number of days such child was absent from the school during the period should be extracted from the log book; by this means alone much of the blame which both Inspector and parents themselves are apt to put on the shoulders of the teachers, may be shifted to those who are really responsible. We have heard a good deal of complaining on all sides, but we ask every one who has the good and welfare of the school and scholars honestly at heart, to suspend their further comments until after the School Committee have completed the work they have now in hand. They are all shrewd intelligent men who will honestly do that which is now in their hands to do.

Possible Passed. Fid. passes. Standard I ..200 115 85 Standard II .. 280 115 115 Standard 111 .. 273 201 72 Standardly .. 189 127 62 Standard V ..49 35 14 Standard VI ..28 26 2 969 619 350