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Unit 20: School Inspection

and are imbued with the spirit of experimentation and will turn these schools into nurseries Notes
wherein the seeds of educational reform and progress are sown, cared for and their progress
carefully watched and the message carried to other schools.
(4) Man of Planning : The inspector should plan his work thoroughly and should not undertake
it at random.
(5) Man of Sympathy : He should always show respect for the teacher’s personality. A good
inspector in one who can inspire and enthuse the teachers without domination over them like
a harsh task master. He should place the teachers on a footing of human equality. He should be
co-operative, sympathetic and affectionate.
(6) Constructive Mind : An inspector should possess a constructive mind rather than a destructive
one. He should never undertake a visit to a school with the pure objective of fault- finding. An
inspector who fails to praise when commendation is deserved, is failing as much in his duties
as one who fails to criticise when criticism is deserved. He should have a problem-solving
attitude and should help teachers in tacking the problems with which they are faced.
(7) Organising Capacity : As he is to serve as ‘teacher of teachers; he should have the capacity to
organise refresher courses, meetings, seminars and discussions.
(8) Expert in Various Subjects : An inspector should be a specialist in many languages and subjects.
This is particularly important in our schools where different media of instruction are followed.
(9) A Liaison Officer : An inspector should be a friendly liaison officer between the department
and the field workers, a mediator linking up scattered educational experiences and experiments.
Hart of the California University, a specialist in school administration, has enumerated seven
abilities which every administrator and supervisor should possess in ample degree to discharge
his duties well. The first is the ability to recognise the especially worthwhile things that are
taking place in the school system. The second is to organise the school system so that essentially
worthwhile things discovered are spread throughout the system. The third is to overcome the
inefficiencies of others without losing their good will. The fourth is to set goals that are within
the reach of an individual. The fifth ability is that of making everyone in the school system feel
the worth whileness of his job. The sixth is that of helping everyone in the system to grow
professionally and grow in-service to society. And the seventh is to make those who work for
or with the administrator or supervisor personally happy.
(10) Supervisor as a Good Administrator : Expert in playing various roles include :
(i) Personnel administration-appointment, promotion and transfer of the teaching, non-teaching
and inspecting staff, their performance, appraisal and disciplinary control.
(ii) Financial administration sanctioning and disbursement of grant-in-aid, disbursement of
teacher’s salaries, audit and inspection of accounts.
(iii) Dealing with disputes between teachers and management and attending to quasi-judicial
cases.
(iv) Dealing with local bodies and the Panchayat Raj institutions.
(11) Role as a Supervisor and Inspector : A supervisor should be able to provide academic leadership
and technical advice for improving the teaching-learning process.
(12) Role as Professional Leader and Innovator : He must be an expert in organising orientation
programmes, refresher courses, in-service training programmes, dissemination of new ideas
and popularisation of tested good practices, encouraging experiments and other innovations.
(13) Role as Development Generalist and Planner : This implies adequate training and capability
in co-operating and collaborating with other departments in the overall development planning
of the district, formulating, implementing and evaluating educational plans at the district,
regional level; guiding and promoting programmes at the institutional level.

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