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mecessary for the holding of those positions, but in tha vion
of the Commissioners, Inspectors should be able to command
The respect of all members of the Department for their high
qualifications, their breadth of outlook, as well as for their
ariety of teaching experience. These positions should be
illed by appointment from England. This will not involve
any unjust curtailment of the prospects of the masters in the
Department in view of the following facts viz:- that the
positions of the Headmasters have of recent years been greatly
enhanced as regards prestige and salaries; that in addition
three senior masterships with special salary have been created;
and that all officers of the Department have now the privilege
of a through scale of salary, whereas until recently they were
divided into Class I and Class II, which frequently resulted
in an officer having to wait several years at the top of Class II
until a vacancy occurred in Class I. There is a tendency for
masters to look upon the office posts as their right; but the
Commissioners have had no great evidence of the general
eagerness of the masters to fit themselves for the higher
administrative posts by, for example, attaching themselves to
the Board of Education while on home leave, or pursuing any
course of studies during that period.
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The Commissioners feel that, in view of the evidence
placed before them as to the amount of actual inspecting work
carried out during the year, there is no justification under
conditions at present prevailing for two Inspectors of Englis h
schools. According to the Report of the Director of Education
for the year 1929 all English-teaching schools, both Government
and non Government, were "visited" at least once during the
year. They are not satisfied that such visits represent in
all cases thorough inspections, as from the evidened before