School Inspection Regulations




Numb. 75.

1121

SUPPLEMENT
TO THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
OF
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1891.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1891.

"The Education Act, 1877."—Inspection and Examination of Schools.

ONSLOW, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twelfth day of October, 1891.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE THE PREMIER PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in him by "The Education Act, 1877," the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the colony, doth hereby make the following regulations for the inspection and examination of schools; and, with the like advice and consent, doth order that the same shall come into force on the thirty-first day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one, and that on the said date all previous regulations upon the same subject shall be cancelled:—

INSPECTION OF SCHOOLS AND STANDARDS OF EXAMINATION.

  1. Once in every year every public school shall be both inspected and examined by a Public School Inspector. If possible, there shall be an interval of some months between the inspection and the examination. As soon as possible after the inspection the Inspector shall present an "inspection report," and as soon as possible after the examination an "examination report." In these regulations a year means a year beginning with the 1st of January; and an Inspector's annual return must relate strictly to a year as thus defined.

  2. The inspection report shall relate to such topics as the following:—
    I. List of standard classes and teachers; II. Remarks on the organization, as shown under Topic I.; III. Suitability of time-tables; IV. Remarks on the methods and quality of the instruction in general or in detail; V. Order and discipline, and the tone of the school with respect to diligence, alacrity, obedience, and honour; VI. Supervision in recess; VII. Manners and general behaviour of the pupils; VIII. State of buildings, ground, and fences; IX. Sufficiency of school accommodation; X. Cleanliness and tidiness of rooms and premises, including outside offices; ventilation and warming; XI., &c. Other topics.



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🎓 Regulations for School Inspection and Examination

🎓 Education, Culture & Science
14 October 1891
Education Act, 1877, School Inspection, Examination, Regulations
  • Onslow, Governor
  • The Honourable the Premier Presiding in Council