MEDICAL EXAMINATION.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLVII, Issue 234, 3 October 1913, Page 2

MEDICAL EXAMINATION.

SCHOOL TEACHERS' GRIEV-

ANCES

A. deputation " from- the Headmasters' Association waited on the AVellington Education Board on Tuesday regarding the medical examination of school children.

Mr W. T. Grundy pointed out the position the medical- inspection had reached in the schools. The inspection was divided into two parts, the first being principally concerned with the medical officer, who appeared at intervals to examine certain children, and records of these examinations were kept. To that part the teachers had no objection, but what they wanted to bring under notice was the V/ork that they (the teachers) were required to do from the beginning of the year. They now found that this examination took, a very great deal of time and trouble; and they wished the Board to take this into consideration. He had. brought some of the cards that the teachers were expected to • fill in, which would show what had to be done. These cards each took from fifteen to twenty minutes to fill in, and therefore a teacher could only examine about four children an hour., The' Board would, therefore, see that it took a very great deal of time during the yeai' to get:, through that examination, and: in consequence the school work suffered. :

Other teachers spoke on similar lines, and the Board referred the matter to the chairman and the town members to prepare a report upon.