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if there are not adequate school preparation for and follow-up of the broadcast, much of its value is lost. Further investigation would be worth while, as the school broadcast service is anxious to provide programmes that are suitable for general school use. I have, &c., G. E. Overton, Chief Inspector of Primary Schools. The Director of Education, Wellington C. 1. REPORT OF THE CHIEF INSPECTOR OF POST-PRIMARY SCHOOLS (Mr. E. CARADUS) FOR THE YEAR 1946 Sir, — I have the honour to present my report for the year 1946. The year 1946 has been a year of greater development in the post-primary field than any year which I remember. The following are some of the changes which have been introduced : Unification of the post-primary inspectorate ; Further increases in the strength of the post-primary inspectorate ; Improvement in the staffing of post-primary schools ; Further developments in the training of post-primary teachers ; The setting-up of a Consultative Committee on Teachers' Salaries ; The bringing of secondary departments of district high schools into the postprimary field' proper ; Additional grants for music and social studies and increased grants for libraries in post-primary schools ; Arrangements for the utilization of War Assets Realization Board equipment; The introduction of the new School Certificate Examination ; The establishment of an examination for special bursaries ; The reintroduction of the City and Guilds Examinations and of the Department's Technological Examinations ; The setting-up of a Consultative Committee on the Technological Examinations ; The establishment of technical bursaries ; Increased allowances for scholarships and boarding bursaries ; The establishment of a Technical Correspondence School; The extension of the work of careers advisers in post-primary schools ; The development of motor-trade training in post-primary schools ; and The preliminary steps for daylight apprentice training. (1) The Unification of the Inspectorate Following the retirement of Mr. F. C. Renyard, Superintendent of Technical Education, on 31st July, 1946, certain staff changes were made in the post-primary inspectorate. The Chief Inspector of Secondary Schools was appointed Chief Inspector of Post-primary Schools, and two additional Senior Inspectors were appointed, making,, in all, two Senior Inspectors on the secondary side and two on the technical side. The position of Superintendent of Technical Education disappears temporarily. The change made was a further step in the unification of the post-primary services begun when a single salary scale and unified system of grading were instituted in 1944, and continued this year by the introduction of a common basis of grants for incidental purposes and administration. At the same time there were two appointments to the staff of the post-primary inspectorate —Miss R.. F. C. Tyndall, M.Sc., B.H.Sc., and Mr. S. M. Kinross, M.A. —and two temporary appointments —Mr. G. Guy, M.A., B.Sc., and Mr. G. M. Salt, M.Sc. Mr. Salt is on temporary loan to the Auckland Education Board in order to assist that Board in the control of the many district high schools and the several post-primary schools established under the Board in the Auckland Education

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