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.

GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

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(3) Lack of travel expenses. The superintendent and the supervisory staff are seriously handicapped by insufficient travel expenses.
Formerly P440,000 were allowed for the entire Bureau of Education,
but at that time travel on the transports was feasible. Now the transports are so few and sail so seldom that they cannot be utilized as much
as formerly. Consequently, the travel of teachers going to and from
the United States is much more expensive. This cuts down the allowances possible for the division superintendent's offices. Moreover,
the 1925 travel appropriation is P50,000 less than the previous year.
The results of this parsimony is found in inadequate traveling and in
automobiles which are wholly beneath the dignity of the educational
service. The travel allowance has been carefully allotted by the central
office on the basis of what was done in the provinces. There could
hardly have been a better allotment of the aid than that which the
Bureau has made.
(4) Failure to assume responsibility. There does not seem to be in
the field as a whole enough willingness to take more responsibility and
exercise more authority. On this matter there is considerable difference
of opinion as pointed out elsewhere. But unless this is definitely straightened out and division superintendents know from the Service Manual
or from explicit statements from the central office how to exercise full
responsibility, many of them are not apt to do so. In the opinion of
the Survey Commission, the field work can be greatly benefited if the
division superintendents exercise more authority on their own account than
they are now definitely authorized to do.
THE DISTRICT SUPERVISING TEACHER
The district supervising teacher is both a supervisor and an administrator. His work of supervision is discussed in the section on supervision
in the chapter on elementary education. In the present section only his
administrative duties will be considered.
The administrative work of the district supervising teacher may be
considered conveniently under two heads,-field work and office work.
He ordinarily has his headquarters in the municipality which is the center
of population of his district. Often it is in the central school. This
office is equipped with desk, typewriter, and filing cases. For office help
the supervisor depends upon such assistance as he can secure from
teachers whom he calls upon for help.
In this office the supervisor must answer the voluminous correspondence
with the division superintendent and central office. Here he prepares