CO129-534-3 Report of Retrenchment Commission 4-5-1931 - 19-2-1932 — Page 134

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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