Which committee in the history of indian education discussed wastage and stagnation first of all
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At he outbreak of the First World the Britishers created an impression in the mind of the nationalist leaders of India that the British Government was willing to give the power of self administration to Indian people. But at the end of the war they did not keep their promise. This made the Indian people offended and new political unrest was imminent.
In order to tackle the situation the Government passed the Government of India Act in 1919, creating a diarchy in the provincial administration which was known as Montford Reform.
.This reforms introduced diarchy in the field of education as well. Under this system some subjects were under the centre and rest under the provincial Governments. These were referred as reserved and transferred respectively. Education was transferred to the representatives of the people. Thus all the educational powers were transferred to the education ministers of the various Provincial Governments but with limited rights within a limited sphere. Finance was treated as a reserved subject which badly effected education due to lack of finance . All these things created a difficult situation for the progress of education.
The Indian leaders were not satisfied with the working of diarchy. In 1921 Gandhiji had launched the Non-cooperation movement and as response to his call students had left their schools and colleges and joined the movement.
By responding to the dissatisfaction felt by the Indian people The Simon Commission was appointed on November 8, 1927, to inquire into the working of the administration under the Government of India Act, 1919. The Government gave a go ahead to the commission to appoint a Committee to help it in preparing a report on education. A committee under the chairmanship of Sir Phillip Hartog was established to inquire into the conditions of education in India. Since he was the chairman of the Committee, the Committee was known as Hartog Committee. This was the first committee which discussed wastage and stagnation in education in India.
Hartog Committee was the first committee which discussed wastage and stagnation in education in India.
Sir Phillip Hartog was the chairman of the Committee.
The Hartog committee was established to inquire into the conditions of the education system of India.
The committee was formed to deal with the dissatisfaction of the people of India with the administration of the diarchy.