A survey of the educational system of the Philippine islands by the Board of educational survey, created under acts 3162 and 3196 of the Philippine Legislature.

BOARD OF EDUCATIONAL SURVEY REPORT 109

2. That there be created in the Bureau of Education, through
adequate budgetary provision, a professional and supervisory staff composed of individuals properly qualified to provide leadership in teacher
training, supervision, curriculum construction, academic education, rural
education, industrial education, household-arts education, and health
education; that sufficient funds for salaries and traveling expenses be
provided; and that the instructional materials developed by the members
of this staff be regarded as Government property.
3. That facilities for the professional training of teachers adequate
to provide for all new appointments to teaching positions in elementary schools by 1929 be provided.
4. That the support of the academic high school be thrown entirely:.pon the province with the option that the cost of instruction be borne
by tuition charges, or out of provincial funds, or by a combination of
the two.
5. That an adequate salary be assigned to the Director of Education; that the present Salary Law be amended by increasing the salary
at present provided; that the appointment of the Director be either for
an indefinite term of years, or for a definite term of at least five years.
6. That the Director of Education, subject only to the limitations
of his budget, and to the approval of the Department Head, be
clothed with the power to appoint and promote all members of his
staff, and that he be held entirely responsible for the efficiency of his
administration.
7. That the recommendations made by the committee of the Bureau
of Education for simplifying reports and records be adopted.
8. That a reasonable provision be made in the budget of the Bureau
of Education for the establishment of an increased number of evening
schools of standard grade.
9. That private schools be required to maintain standards of equipment and instruction comparable to those maintained by the public
schools, and that adequate provision be made in the budget of the
Department of Public Instruction for the inspection of these schools.
10. That pending the inauguration and completion of a special study
of the distribution of insular funds for the current support of schools,
the regulations in force in 1920 be revived, being first applied to the
distribution of increased sums made available, in such a manner that
in returning to the base indicated no province shall receive a reduced
allotment, except as a decrease in all appropriations may be found
necessary.
11. That the distribution of insular aid for the purchase of school
sites and the erection of buildings be placed on a basis similar to that