Section 118 in Tamil Nadu Educational Inspection Code
118. Examination of pupils.
- The examination of pupils forms the most important part of all annual inspections. This examination has in recent years assumed a much more comprehensive scope than that of testing the pupils and assessing their attainments according to their respective standards and in the several subjects of the curriculum. The results of the examination shall be recorded in terms not only of the proportion of pupils whose attainments are up to requirements of their respective standards, but also of the relationship of these results with the period of study of the pupils in the respective standards, so that the degree of stagnation of pupils for more than the normal period of study in every standard is estimated and the relationship to the annual enrolment in the first standard and the proportion of that enrolment which continues without withdrawals in the schools indicating the extent of wastage in the schools. It is also necessary for these purposes to examine the admission register and record sheets of the pupils. Apart from the assessment of the results as above, Inspecting Officers should also investigate the extent of the service of the school to the population of the area served by it, especially the number of children of school-age in the area. Based on these results suggestions, should be given by Inspecting Officers on the lines on which the school can be made fully serviceable to the population.In the examination of the pupils themselves, the Inspecting Officers aims should be to find out the strong and weak points of the teaching and not to puzzle the pupils. His question should be models to the teachers and be based on his own intimate knowledge of the syllabuses and the textbooks and his examination of the teachers' schemes of work and notes of preparation. It could be a good plan, for the Inspecting Officer himself to prepare and use graded lists of questions and exercise, suited to his range. The results should be recorded in the report in definite and objective terms indicating the exact defects, if any, and not in such vague terms as "Fair" or "Satisfactory". Before coming to any conclusion, the Inspecting Officer will also find it useful to ask the teacher to examine the pupils in his presence both by way of a test and in the course of a lesson. It will also be part of the examination to test how far the various visual aids to teaching have been adequately used and the pupils are familiar with them. A part of the examination should be devoted towards the testing of the application of the lessons learnt in school by the pupils to their daily practical life and observations outside school.
