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| Lord Macaulay's Minute Year | 1835 |
| Content of Macaulay's Minute | Favored Anglicist - Teach western sciences and literature through the medium of English language alone. |
| Downward Filtration Theory - | Part of Macaulay's Minute - To create a class who are Indians in blood and colour but English in tastes, opinions, moral and intellect. (TOMI - DOG). They will act as interpreters between vernaculars and government. |
| James Thomson | Lieutenant Governor of NW Provinces (1843-53) |
| Efforts of James Thomson | Village School for education through vernacular languages
Mensuration and agricultural science -
To train personnel for PWD |
| Wood's Desptach Year | 1854 |
| Contents of Wood's Despatch | Magna Carts of English Education in India
1st Comprehensive plan for education spread in India
Ask GoI to take responsibility of mass education
Repudiated Down-filtration Theory
Hierarchical Education |
| Wood's Despatch Hierarchy | 1. Vernacular primary schools at Villages
2. Anglo-Vernacular High School
3. Affiliated college at District
4. Affiliating Universities in Presidency Town - Calcutta, Bombay, Madras |
| Wood's Dispatch Other Recco | 1. English medium at high level
2. Local languages at lower levels
3. Female Education
4. Vocation Education
5. Teachers training
6. Secular education
7. Encourage private school through grants |
| Effects of Wood's Dispatch | 1. 1857 - Calcutta, Bombay, Madras Universities
2. Dept of Edu set up in all provicnes
3. Bethune School
4. PUSA Agri University, Bihar
5. Roorkee Engg College |
| JED Bethune | Set up Bethune school for women at Calcutta in 1849
President of Council of Education
Girl's school brought under government's grants - in aid and inspection system |
| Hunter Education Commission Year | 1882 - 1883 |
| Hunter Recos | 1. Mostly confined to Primary and Secondary Education
2. W W Hunter Commission to review progress of education in the country since 1854 Despatch
3. Primary should be Vernacular
To transfer control of primary schools to district / municipal boards |
| Hunter Recos 2 | 4. To have two divisions in Secondary Edu
a. Literary - leading to univ
b. Vocation - for jobs
5.Female Education |
| Effect of Hunter Education Commission | Rapid expansion of secondary education and college education
Teaching - cum - Examining Universities - e..g. - Punjab Univ (1882) and Allahabad Univ (1887) |
| 1902 - Raleigh Commission
Indian Universities Act 1904 | Official view - Private management bad
Focused on Universities
No report on Primary and Secondary Education
Indian Universities Act 1904 |
| RC reco | University should go into research
Number of Fellows reduced
Fellows to be nominated by Govt
Government powers increased vis-a-vis Univ
Stricter Condition for Pvt
Rs.5 Lakh for 5 Years / annum for education
Gokhale - "Retrograde measure" |
| Education Policy 1913 | 1906 - Baroda Princely state compulsory primary education
1913 - British Accepted the policy of removal of illiteracy
Urged provincial governments to take early steps to provide free elementary education
Pvt encouraged
Per province University |
| Saddler Commission 1917-1919 | To study and report on Calcutta University Problems |