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Educational Management Dinesh Kumar, Lovely Professional University

Notes Unit 20: School Inspection

CONTENTS
Objectives
Introduction
20.1 Meaning of School Inspection
20.2 Principles of Good Inspection
20.3 Qualities of Good Inspector
20.4 Selection of Inspectors
20.5 Recommendations of the Education Commission
20.6 Inspection and Supervision
20.7 Summary
20.8 Keywords
20.9 Review Questions
20.10 Further Reading

Objectives

The objectives of this unit can be summarised as below
• To explain about the meaning of school inspection
• To discuss about the principles of good inspector
• To describe about the qualities of good inspectors
• To discuss about the selection of inspection
• To explain about the recommendations of the education

Introduction

According to this Despatch the inspectors have been told to report regarding current conditions of
schools and to organise or help in conducting the examination of students. In fact, this situation
continued till about a century.Then for bringing the improvement in this situation, British government
tried to take an important step, with the result in India, in 1936 observation of education was made
to do by Abott and Wood. The specialists found great difference in the functions of inspectors of
India and Britain. Both the specialists told “Main function of inspector is to inspect school. He
should do this function with sympathy and dexterity and give counsel on the basis of his knowledge
and experience.” According to this suggestion the inspector was entrusted with the function of
providing advice and encouragement. But in the real practice the situation remained the same as it
was already or before.
Aforesaid suggestion was given according to inspection of England where important changes were
done in the concept and practice of inspection gradually. There is to sufficient extent, it began to be
given help in progress of direction work in schools with democratic way. But in India, no important
steps were taken for changing concept and practice of inspection. Even today in India the same
meaning is attached with inspection which was prevalent in British era in India.

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