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and to this end may examine any of the pupils in any of the classes P to
S7 in such subjects as he shall choose.

9. With a view to ascertain the individual progress of the pupils, the
   Inspector, where he considers it desirable, may hold an examination of any
   class in the school on the work done in the class during the current year or
   during the preceding twelve months. Such examination will be held by
   the Inspector after consultation, if circumstances permit, with the head
   teacher, and after consideration of any examinations which have been held
   during the preceding twelve months by the head teacher or the teacher of
   the class. As the result of such examination, the Inspector may, but only
   if the circumstances seem to call for such exceptional action, modify the
   classification of the head teacher by directing that any pupil or pupils shall
   be placed in any class or classes that he may name. Such modified classification shall thereupon for six months, or such shorter period as the Inspector
   may prescribe, be substituted for the classification of the head teacher.
   In such cases the effect of clauses 3 and 4 will be modified accordingly.

10. Every pupil examined in any subject by the Inspector shall be examined in the class in which he has been taught during the preceding three
    months; but the Inspector or the teacher may exclude from the examination
    of a class any pupil who has made less than half the possible number of half-
    day attendances at the school since the commencement of the current year.

Certificates of Transfer.

11. When a child leaves one school for another the head teacher shall
    furnish him with a “certificate of transfer,” showing (1) his name and date
    of birth as given in the school Register of Admission ; (2) the class or classes
    in which he is placed for English and arithmetic ; (3) the number of half-
    day attendances he has made since the beginning of the current year ; (4) the
    number of half-day attendances he has made since the date of his last
    promotion in English where that is different from (3): Provided always
    that any such transfer of attendance is in order under the Act and regulations.

In cases where a child previously attending a school presents himself
for enrolment at another school, but is not provided with a certificate of
transfer, the teacher of the latter school shall make application for such
certificate to the teacher of the school previously attended.

The forwarding of the Scholar’s Record Card (Medical Inspection, R3 or
R7), shall be held to satisfy the requirements of this clause if the entries
thereon are made up to the current date in so far as they relate to the class
in which the child is placed, and to his attendance and progress.

Inspection Report.

12. The inspection report shall relate to such topics as the following :
    I. List of classes and teachers, showing the number of pupils in each class and
    the number present. II. The Inspector’s opinion of the degree of discretion
    displayed in the grouping of the classes, in the classification of the pupils,
    in the determining of the promotions from class to class, and the organization of the school in other respects—e.g., in regard to the average number
    of children present at any one time under the instruction of any teacher or
    pupil-teacher. III. Marking and keeping of registers. IV. Regularity of
    attendance. V. Suitability of time-tables. VI. Suitability of schemes of
    work, method and quality of the instruction in general or in detail.
    VII. Order and discipline, and the tone of the school with respect to
    diligence, alacrity, obedience, and honour. VIII. Supervision in recess
    and organization of school games. IX. Manners and general behaviour
    of the pupils. X. State of buildings, ground, and fences. XI. Sufficiency
    of school accommodation. XII. Cleanliness and tidiness of rooms and
    premises (including outside offices), condition and sufficiency of school
    material and apparatus, ventilation and warming. XIII. Class-books used
    in the school. XIV. Special circumstances affecting the work of the school.
    XV. Instruction given to pupil-teachers and probationers. XVI. Other
    topics.

13. The report shall be divided into sections, and the section relating to
    any topic in the foregoing list shall bear the number assigned to that topic
    in the list. Section I shall show what classes within the meaning of clause 2
    of these regulations there are in the school, whether the classes are grouped
    for instruction, and, if so, how they are grouped, and by what teacher each
    class is taught, describing each teacher by the position held in the school as
    “sole teacher,” “head teacher,” “mistress,” “first assistant,” “third-
    year pupil-teacher,” or as the case may be. Any section except sections I
    and VI may, if the Inspector so choose, be omitted or consist of the appropriate number and of a single word, such as “Satisfactory.”