We see with pleasure that at the same conference a
very strong objection was raised to the principle that the examination and inspection of schools should be carried on entirely by external examiners and inspectors. That the check of external examina- tions and inspections is needful to test the efficiency of a school's methods and staff, was very generally admitted; but Mr. Oscar Browning and others pointed out, quite truly, we think, that with- out a very intimate knowledge of the work of the school, on the part of some at least of the examiners and inspectors, no adequate examination and inspection are possible. The true system doubtless is examination and inspection by a joint staff of outside and inside scholars, the former of whom apply the check of knowing what is done elsewhere, while the latter would test better the dili- gence displayed by the boys in availing themselves of the advan- tages actually offered them.
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