Manamatu Herald. Tuesday, June 10, 1890. Another Warning.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 10 June 1890, Page 2

Manamatu Herald. Tuesday, June 10, 1890. Another Warning.

Listless tax payers permit burdens to be laid on their shoulders without a, .rnurmer,. and. the enthusiasts of.pjfesah.t, system df educationappear to "delight in adding Btraw to straw, and will do so. until the back that bears the burden; breaks. Last week the Wellington Fducation ..Board appointed a sub-inspector, ajnd it is possible that the work in that particular district is too much for one .man The question however vfcntnddijftelv.aa'ises, if, up to now. one Ins ector has even. jat ; the dut'ay of extra labour succeeded in doin# his duty, how is the sub-in-spector to bo economically employed? As fur back aa 1887 the Chairman ojf the Wangaoui Education Board

reported that his district had out-' growa the powars of one Inspector, ■ but the only apiatanco that has .ajjic* been given him, is a lad, for a clerk. "What are wo to understand >y these arrangements ? B.ns Welliug* ton and Wanganui inspection been slummed, or are tho finances so much improved, that further outlay is justifiable? We believe' ""that- a negative is the. tnio, reply 1 to both j. these queries, and that boih the Inspectors have striven f<} do their duty, but have had to work longer than is right that they should, and have had less time to devote to private visits of advice. ,. It' would thus appear that the. Wanganui district will not receive | as much attention aa the Wellington district, and that the increased expense in the latter district .will be beyond* what, under a rational system of inspection, it'should be. - The absurdity of inspection boing provided by . the ;Boards thus . becornei ppp^wfct, as- if •Wanganui and "Wilnhgton worked unitedly, the expense of the »ujjiifi»j)ect9r' -'l»ii'4^llv,^'ad:i^i«,BQrvice^ : be *aate»*xuli adveatagb *f. j We. have before showa Ijo-jv; .

ceasary it is that aome nlterati(>n*hDomM&o&Q&Qi aji^^ijeif mtte» of 'sjyfpyra^ that our.Eepreientatives will biindjs. d&7thK:$JW... J^^thia vfety raqjjtW.9?. inspection,, the .. ncpntrasU l>etw««n -.thet .poB .tp. . the.differpnt Boardis: l pT6V& ' ,t.hat some.radical cKarige' ns iJeecfed.. 4 . jpfesgnc^ r to, the ape „£ej>ort furnished' by &e*!ftduciibion Department allows 6rie I! toMindj th.at ; tl^e v cqst^of inspection varies from one ■hilling and elevenpence a' head up to five shillings a head 1 WhWd# th« taxpayera like most, to pay. ; th^ largest or the smallest surni, rea.pJ9.gv exactly the same iesultrfv'fta either" I expenditure ? It is evidenjt^ijt large districts can,redii#e th}p co>t to~«ie lowest -sum mentioned,- ipspeotitifcai. taken in hand by the department should not coat more, as tbje am.ou,ns i il'only-'tMj result •• of** each dretric^ ignoring ilfe action of \\* neighbour, ind r deaiin]| with -tbeii: ourn \\ty\p. territory a'f' though they wjere •N»^r; Zealand* '-• * -■■■•■■..;:■ ■ „ There are many otherreasons for change, if only in this particular department, which should invite c^a-_ aideration, and "we were pleased to ■riStfcvi «sfoX our contemporary the; Wellington Post holds similar view*, and in a sub-leader thus deas with the late appointment: — " Th© inspection of the schools ttfaintained by the State should not b« left in the hands of local boards, nor should the latter' 'h*ve the power to appoint Inspectors. The State •hbuld control. the in^pectiop, so as to sfft'ifyj, itself .that a dua return U /eeeived' for. the riioney expended, and Jthe ; Inspectors should be ap* pbinVed by, and be subject to, the -Education Department, so as to.se ' c'ufe* the" attainment of uniformity in the system of examination, permitt* ing of fair comparison of .results at tamed in different parts of the colony. Th« School Ins 1 ectora. should be' a body of men in constant intercourse. • with each ojther and under the control of the. In • .speetor General.: . JThey should be entity independent of local in fluences, and their sphere of inspec tiori should' be frequently charted To attain to an Inspectorship should be a legitimate object of ambition within the reach of every teacher, and to' be won by good and faithful service as a school teacher .The introduction of any outsider, however high- his scholastic qua-i 1 fications, should be impossible. A "flgfit of supervising, the work of other teachers sh puM; only be con f erred : on 't.Gpse "•'whb . have giyen proofs of their 'capacity fjr teaching of the character to 'be supervised. It is unfair" that' th'os© 'who have" borne the heat and burden of the r day should be' deprived of ..what ' stfouM .constitute ■ one of the prizes 'pftHe profession; -It ' will, we fear lioweVer, alwuys -be-' so while • the '• Inspector* ■ romain'' "merely local 'omVers appointee!*/ by and responsible . to;tho -Education Boards." t»*O 14114- i .■'.^» .=Sr. tTjV- ,',...