SCHOLARSHIP RESULTS.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXV, Issue 12985, 28 January 1910, Page 4

SCHOLARSHIP RESULTS.

While the In-]ieetor-(*'eneral of .Schools is bearing the brunt of a good deal of criticism, it has to be remarked at the same time that he is not the only wheel in the educational machine which appears to need oiling and tracing up. Chief-Inspector Hraik, reporting to the Wanganui Edncation Hoard on Wedne-day last, remarked on the fact that the work of the Wanganui competitors for the Junior National Scholarships did not compare well with that of Smith Island children. While admitting that Ihe large amount of practical work indulged in in this district would probably furnish some explanation for the difference. Mr liraik. pointing to the resnlts, did mil hesitate to say that some of the teachers did not make the most of their o|rport unit ies. This is calculated to raise something by way of protest from certain teachers, for it is a curious fact that some pedagogues are as touchy and as impatient of criticism as many parsons are. But, while it would he a mistake to say that a teacher's work is invariably a failure because the results are not brilliant, yet on the other hand it would l*e equally a mistake to call it a success when the results are decidedly less than they should he. The teachers ought to think over the Chief Inspector's remarks.