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Tho mastors aro gonorally dividod into cortain grados with salariosranp;
from Rs, 875—25—600 ; Rs, 270—26—400 ; Rs. 150—25—800, "Promatice
from ono grado to anothor should not be regarded morcly as a mnttor of
soniority, but should he carned only by good and improving sorvico, In
_ some casos, it might ho advisablo to rocruit now mon to the highor grados and
thus to introduco frosh blood to tho staff. Similarly, Rnnual incroments
shquld not bo rogardod as a mattor of right. An incromont withhold should
how warning signal of more drastic action to follow unloss its losson has been
Jearnod. 1
19. ‘These shortcomings of the staff arc nocontuatod by tho fact that the
majority of mombors are still regarded as Govornmont sorvants for tho purpose
of -loave and ponsion. I cannot rosist the fooling that the .Council have
thoreby inherited an unfortunato logacy; and this approhension is by no
mopns.confined to Mayo Colloge. The question whether tha Council should be
in a position to disponso with the services of toachois in this category, whose
work is clonrly unsatisfactory, and on whnt conditions, is.one which necds
earnost and speedy consideration. A largo provinein] cadre can‘afford a
numbor of passongors, regrottable though thoy be; but a Collogo ,cadro of
cightcon masters can Totain oven o singlo passenger only at its poril,
‘20. Tho genoral weakness of the staff imposes an oxcossive burdon on the
Principal. The prosont Principal docs what he ean to visit tho class-roomsand
to stimulate and adviso tho mastora; he also suporvises tho. correction of
writton-work ; and in a number of other ways infuses onorgy and experionco
into Jho function of teaching. Lo cannot do more, but in the circumstances
it is not onough.
Class syllabuses have beon proparod, but thoy did nob soem to mo to,bs
wufliciontly utilised. Many masters wore unablo ta tell me definitely how far
thoy had roached in,the syllabus, whether thoy were bohind.or boforo time.
‘Leachors’ diaries of tho work,achioved,do not appoar to be kept. In tho’
teaching of a school it is necussary for each tenchor to know .what the man
above and the man below, in particular, are doing so that all can work
togother asa united team.
Arbetter plan might be for masters in ench subject -to meot together in.
what might be termed s Faculty, and to draft tho syllabusos for considoration
nnd discussion with tho Principal. Staff mectings are also desirablo, Evon
ithe Jatost rocruit should havo the opportunity of listening.to the genoral
discussions, and also, on occasions, of making his own humblo contributions,
On the othor hand, many: bonoficis] innovations hayo been mado as, for
oxamplo, tho, encouragomont of private reading by.moans of the romodolli
of tho-Library,-by the provision of post-diploma and Collego libraries an
hy tho. introduction of silont-reading, poriods.
‘21. “Many of tho staff aro also lncking in sufficiontly wido qualifications.
Though o certain degreo of specialisation in teaching is desirable in the senior
classes, tho junior classes should bo taught very largoly by elass-mastors.
Loxaminod the time-tables.of many of the classes and found in all of
thom a bowildoring vaticty of mastors. In many classos the numbor of mastors
oxceoded double figures. Efforts should bo made.to countoract, this defect,
but the task will not be easy in viow of tho limited capacitios of many membors
of the staff. A woll.trained and swell equippod master should be able to teaa!
p number of subjects, espocially.to the junior classes.
.22, The-capacity of the staff is overstrained by the demands of. the.two
post-diplome classos, but the staff‘ has not been brought up to tho requisite
standard to meet these increased demands. The addition of two or perhaps
three senior masters is urgontly required. Tho prosont finances of the College
cannot stand this additional imposition ; how is it to be attained ?
28. [havo already referred to tho low rato of feos which aro lovied from “
many of the boys ; and also to the extravagonco.of private tuition. Theio
js also the practicd of private guardianship to be considered ; at the tite of
-my-visit there were o8 many as seven such guardians,