- The proper scrutiny of a school consists of two principal parts, viz. inspection and examination. By the former is meant the process of seeing a school at work during its ordinary routine, nothing, for example, the suitability of the building, the sanitary conditions, the arrangement and organisation of the classes, the organisation of school and class libraries, the furniture and apparatus, the manner in which the accounts and registers are kept, order and discipline, the relationship between teachers and pupils, the ability of new programmes like assessment, NCC/ACC and the methods used in teaching. By the latter is meant the process of testing the pupils in order to discover how far they have profited by the instruction of their teachers and how far weakness in the method of teaching is borne out by resultant weakness in the class.(Cf. R. & O. Page 103.)Note. - For guidance of inspecting officers three forms have been prepared containing suggestions as to points that should be noticed at high and middle schools, respectively. These forms will be found in appendices I, II and III.
