SCHOOL INSPECTION.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 992, 6 March 1891, Page 19

SCHOOL INSPECTION.

THE ANNUAL REPORT. From the annual report of Mr Lee, the Inspeotor of Schools, it appears that the total attendance in all schools in 1889 was 10,460, and in 189010,694, being an increase of 234. The total of the standard passes in 1889 was 5985, and in 1890 6435, an increase of 453. Out of 7687 children who were expected to be present for standard examination, only 217 were absent, or one in 35. The infant department of schools have been carefully examined, and the work in reading is much improved, especially in the City infant schools. With the exception of the Mount Cook Infant School the departments are deficient in Kindergarten occupations. In order to make school life less wearisome it has been proposed to make the following alterations That more time be given to the teaching of elementary science. In the lower classes ' ‘ obverservatiou lessons” to be taught by actual experiment and illustration. That Longman’s Fairy Tale Books and other works ot interest be read to young children, and stirring passages from history to the upper classes. Amongst other suggestions, the Inspector suggests that the arithmetic of one or two standards should be a little easier. The report concludes as follows :—“ We are now about to furnish schools with the means of carrying out these resolutions which I am sure will meet with general approval, and which I doubt not will in time lead to a more wholesome, a more intellectual and a lighter-hearted school life. SUMMARY OX RESULTS FOR EACH SCHOOL.

School. *2 a o o rs J~r3 § ]§*o 03 M C to o £ C5 '3 Ck £ a ft § § S Newtown .. 751 441 good good Clyde Quay 717 456 very good good Mt. Cook Boys’ .. 603 530 good. geod Willis street 6t0 512 good good Masterton 551 42S very good good Thorndon 544 378 good good Mt. Cook Girls’.. 537 420 very fair. good Terrace 4«3 410 good good Petone 420 263 good good Carrertoa 298 189 good good Grey town.. 249 171 very good geod Lower Hutt 240 180 good good Featherston 218 134 very good good Johnson ville 1S9 86 fair good Mangatainoka ... 156 48 good pood Kaiwarra .. 150 84 very fair very fair Eketahuna 1*4 39 good good Pahiatua .. 131 70 good good Karori 135 C9 very fair good TJpper Hutt lt9 74 good good Taita 125 61 fair good Otaki 123 35 very fair very fair Clareville .. 120 82 very good good Kilbirnie 106 70 very fair good Fernside .. 93 53 very good good Vogeltown — 85 45 good good Wadestown 84 49 fairly good good Dalefield 79 50 very fair good Belvedere.. 79 38 good good Porirua 76 5L good gocd Manukau .. 74 46 very good good Waihenga.. 72 64 good good Parkvale .. 69 34 very good good Pahautanul 64 37 good good Kaiwaiwai 57 42 very good good Wailiakoke 57 30 good good Mauriceville W... 56 39 good good Makara 65 37 very good good Mauriceville E- .. 51 19 weak unsatisfactory Tawa Flat 60 33 good good Kaitara 47 28 very fair good Taueru 49 24 very good good Dreyertown 49 22 good good Shannon 47 28 very fair very fair Pirinoa 47 25 very fair good Ohariu 47 23 good good Opaki 41 20 very fair good Korokoro 41 17 gocd good Wallaceville 40 21 good good Paikakariki 39 25 fair fair Hastwell .. 38 23 good good Mangaone.. 38 12 fair fair Mungaroa.. 35 18 pood good Paraparaumu 35 10 fair good Judgeford.. 34 24 good good Kaitoke 33 I6 gcod good Gladstone 32 24 good good WaiDgawa 30 5 5 very good good WaSnuiomata 23 18 fair good Wangaeha 28 16 good good Levin 2S lo good pood Te VVhiti .. 26 19 very good good Whiteman’s VaL 26 16 good good Tenoi 26 12 fair pood Matarawa.. 25 18 good good Cross Creek 25 11 fair very fair Whakataki 25 19 good good .. 22 5 3 gocd good Tauherenikau .. 19 9 fairly good good Horokiwi.. 17 9 very good good