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to arrange the duties of the staff in such a way as to

ensure each class receiving competent instruction.

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5.

At present the Headmistress's time

occupied in teaching the three upper

is altogether

classes and she is therefore prevented from supervising

in any way the work of the rest of the school, and the other

duties of her post have to be performed outside school

hours. This is not as it should be. There is no doubt

that the Headmistress should teach, but she ought to

have time to spare for other no less important duties

and if half her time is taken up with teaching her own

class, that is ample.

6.

Then the question of leave must be

taken into consideration. At present if one of the senior

members of the staff goes on leave it is impossible to

carry on the work of the school satisfactorily. There

is no doubt that the work of the Junior Division of the

school has suffered considerably during the last two

years owing to first Mrs. Tutcher and then Mrs. Bateman

being absent on leave. But if these two teachers take the

leave which has been fixed as what is necessary to enable

Government servants to retain their efficiency, the

school has for one third of the time only one European

teacher and her whole time is occupied in class teaching.

Miss Long's resignation gives the

7.

Government the opportunity of strengthening the staff by

engaging a European in her place. If this is done there

will