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them it would seem that the greater part of the time of these Inspectors of English Schools is taken up with office WÛNAL The Commissioners consider that the employment of such officers
at a maximum rate of £1,300 per annum to do office work is
totally uncalled for. They recommend that the Director of
Education should have only one Inspector of English Schools;
and, in place of the second Inspector, an officer, either a
junior Cadet officer or a specially selected member of the
Senior Clerical and Accounting staff, as secretary.
Director of Education would thus be relieved of a great amount
of clerical work which now devolves upon him, and would
therefore have more time to devote to matters of educational
policy, and to acquiring a more thorough knowledge of all
those schools, both English and Vernacular, which come within
his jurisdiction.
7,
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The Commissioners would further suggest that when the
finances of the Colony permit, and in accordance with the
custom in England, a woman Inspector of Schools might prove a valuable acquisition.
8.
INSPECTORS OF VERNACULAR SCHOOLS.
Though the Commissioners hesitate to criticize
salaries they feel very strongly that the Inspectors of
Vernacular Schools and the Head Teacher of the Vernacular
Middle School should not have been allotted sterling salaries.
Elsewhere in this Report the Commissioners have put forward
their proposals concerning the future of the Vernacular
Middle School; but in regard to the above-mentioned
officers they would urge the Government. that, as the
Opportunity occurs, steps should be taken to remedy this
matter of sterling salaries.