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Notes rules and regulations, condition of building and equipments, position of staff, registers, records,
accounts, government grants etc. Even then it is one of the several methods employed for inspection,
the Sadler Commission (1919) said, “Inspection in most cases is hurried and lacking in the friendly
suggestions as to method of teaching and organization which are the most valuable functions of
school functions or school functions or school inspection”.
According to the report of the Hartog Committee (1929). “We have referred many times to the absence
of an adequate number of well-qualified staff and ineffectiveness in the system of education, which
we believe to be due in large part to that inadequacy.” The Secondary Education Commission (1952-
53) remarked, “Inspections were perfunctory in that the time spent by the inspector at any particular
place was insufficient, that the greater part of his time was taken up with routine work ‘Realising
the defects of inspection, the Indian Education Commission (1964-66) emphasized on supervision
and stated, that it was ‘one to the major programmes in the reform of school education.”
Supervision, on the other hand is a constant and continuous process of more personnel guidance
based on frequent visits when attention is directed , to one or more aspects of the school and its
organisation. It is a ‘Procedure of giving direction to and providing critical evaluation of the
instructional process”. It is to coordinate, stimulate and direct the growth of the teachers. It gradually
moves from the improvement of instruction to the improvement of learning. In a word we may say
that supervision aims at the development of the teacher, the growth of the student and the
improvement of the teaching-learning process.

What is principle of integration ?

Self Assessment
Fill in the blanks :
1 ________should contribute to the general efficiencey of the school and to the ______ growth of
the teacher.
2. The inspector should try to assess the spirit of a school in addition to its______.
3. An able inspector selects forward looking schools where the teachers and the headmasters have
a ______ on education.
4. A good inspector must be an _____.

20.7 Summary

• Meaning of inspection is to give test and test meant is to probe with easy and critical view. In
the area of education also this sort of test is reflected from the inspection of school with activities
related to education and conditions. The school with activities related to education and
conditions.
• Principles of Good Inspection
• Inspection, in order to be effective and fruitful, should be conducted according to certain
principles which may be listed as :

(i) Principle of General Growth : lnspection should contribute to the general efficiency of the
school and to the professional growth of the teacher.
(ii) Principle of Understanding : Inspection should be done very sympathetically. An inspector
should carry with him an abundance of sympathy.

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