At that time, there were 12 academic officers in the department, with a rank of five, specially set up to inspect academic affairs outside Beijing. The Qing government also set up departments to promote learning in various provinces, including provincial inspection schools and schools set up by the government, prefectures and counties to persuade students to check. 1909 promulgated the "inspector regulations", which stipulated that inspectors should not be appointed, but should be appointed temporarily by staff of their own departments or administrators or teachers of schools directly under the central government.
At that time, the whole country was divided into 12 visual school districts, and each school district sent two visual officers every year. Inspect three or four districts every year and once every three years. However, this provision has not been fully implemented in practice.
19 12 (the first year of the Republic of China), the government of the Republic of China established the Ministry of Education, and the inspector system still followed the old system in the late Qing Dynasty. 19 13 promulgated the inspection rules, and the whole country is divided into eight inspection areas. There are two inspectors in each district, including regular inspectors and temporary inspectors. The regular inspection time is from late August to early June of the following year, and the temporary inspection time is decided by the Chief Education Officer.
Half of the inspections are conducted by employees in each department. The inspection items mainly include: ① education administration; ② school education; ③ School economy; ④ School hygiene; (5) employees perform tasks; ⑥ Social education and its facilities; ⑦ Chief special inspection items. In addition, there are three items: ① those that conflict with educational laws and regulations; (2) the total length of the judgment; (3) school teaching management matters.