What were the important observations of Education Commission…
2023
What were the important observations of Education Commission (Pre-Independence) 1882-83?
A. There is a need to replace the despatch of 1854.
B. It is necessary to refashion the general working of Indian universities.
C. There is also a need for local governments to extend the facilities of general education.
D. It is important to fund each college depending upon staff strength, maintenance expenses and locality requirements.
E. Special grants should be made available to improve the infrastructure of colleges.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer: C. C, D, E only — CONCEPT A commission’s recommendations should be identified by its mandate, the level of education it addressed, and the policy mechanism it used. Reviewing…
- A.
A, B, C only
- B.
B, C, D only
- C.
C, D, E only
- D.
A, D, E only
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Correct answer: C
CONCEPT
A commission’s recommendations should be identified by its mandate, the level of education it addressed, and the policy mechanism it used. Reviewing an earlier framework does not automatically mean replacing it, and local administration differs from university-wide restructuring.
APPLICATION
The 1882–83 Indian Education Commission (Hunter Commission) reviewed the working of Wood’s Despatch, with particular attention to the spread and administration of education.
Statement C reflects decentralisation: local governments were to extend facilities for general education.
Statement D reflects need-based grant-in-aid: college support could account for staff strength, maintenance costs, and local requirements.
Statement E reflects targeted assistance: special grants could improve college infrastructure.
CONTRAST
A, B, C only: this set includes the replacement and university-refashioning claims in A and B, while omitting the two college-support measures in D and E.
B, C, D only: this set includes the university-refashioning claim in B and omits the special infrastructure-grant measure in E.
A, D, E only: this set includes the replacement claim in A and omits the local-government extension measure in C.
CROSS-CHECK
The three retained statements share the Commission’s administrative pattern: local extension of education plus need-sensitive grant support. The excluded statements instead demand replacement of the 1854 policy or a general redesign of universities.
RESULT
Therefore, the supported set is C, D, E only.