{"id":30254,"date":"2023-07-31T11:34:48","date_gmt":"2023-07-31T06:04:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=30254"},"modified":"2024-04-22T17:10:01","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T11:40:01","password":"","slug":"hunter-commission-1882-83-objective-recommendations-and-significance","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/docs\/hunter-commission-1882-83-objective-recommendations-and-significance","title":{"rendered":"Hunter Commission (1882-83): Objective, Recommendations, and Significance"},"content":{"rendered":"<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%; border-style: solid; border-color: #000000; background-color: #ff5e00; text-align: center;\">\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 24pt; color: #ffffff;\"><b>Hunter Commission&#8217;s Educational Reforms in Colonial India<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #ff6600;\"><b>Hunter Commission: Revitalizing Education in Colonial India (1882)<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Viceroy Lord Ripon appointed the Hunter Education Commission, whose duties included looking into complaints about the Wood\u2019s Despatch of 1854 not being implemented, assessing the state of elementary education in the British overseas territories, and making recommendations for its expansion and improvement. This commission\u2019s final report was delivered in 1882 under the direction of Sir William Wilson Hunter.<\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%; border-style: solid; border-color: #000000; background-color: #e9ebe8; text-align: center;\"><strong>Also Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/upsc-notes\/indian-universities-act-1904\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">REFORMING EDUCATION: IMPACT OF INDIAN UNIVERSITIES ACT 1904<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span class=\"vc_button\"> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pw.live\/batches\/upsc?utm_source=seo+upsc+batch&#038;utm_medium=seo+upsc&#038;utm_campaign=seo&#038;utm_id=upsc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Enroll now for UPSC Online Course<\/a><\/strong> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #ff6600;\"><b>Objectives Of Hunter Education Commission: Evaluating and Reforming Indian Education (1882)<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The following were the objectives Hunter Education Commission:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To assess the state of Indian education at the moment, with a focus on elementary schools, and to make recommendations for reform.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To evaluate the contribution of missionaries to education.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To ask questions concerning the application of Wood\u2019s Despatch of 1854 and the utilization of its grants-in-aid, and make suggestions for improvement.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition to its primary goal of studying India\u2019s primary education system, the Hunter committee decided to look into secondary and higher education there.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To do a study on how people see governmental organizations and missionary organizations.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%; border-style: solid; border-color: #000000; background-color: #e9ebe8; text-align: center;\"><strong><strong>Also Read: <\/strong><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/upsc-notes\/woods-dispatch-1854-introduction-objectives-recommendations-impact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WOOD\u2019S DESPATCH 1854: TRANSFORMED INDIAN EDUCATION<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"vc_button\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pw.live\/batches\/upsc?utm_source=seo+upsc+batch&#038;utm_medium=seo+upsc&#038;utm_campaign=seo&#038;utm_id=upsc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Enroll now for UPSC Online Classes <\/strong><\/a>\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #ff6600;\"><b>Hunter Commission: Transformative Recommendations for Education (1882)<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The suggestions made by the Hunter Commission mostly addressed elementary and secondary education which are as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Emphasized the need for the state to take extra attention to <\/span><b>expanding and improving elementary education, and that primary education should be taught in the local language.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was recommended that <\/span><b>newly established district and municipal bodies take over the management of basic education.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Drew attention to the lack of facilities for female education,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> especially outside of presidential towns, and provided suggestions for their extension.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For lower-level government positions, literate candidates were given precedence, and elementary schools in impoverished regions were expanded.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>The administration of elementary education was delegated to district and municipal boards<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> under the Local Self-Government Act.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>With government funding, private parties were supposed to start secondary schools.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, academic and practical courses were separated into several branches in the secondary school curriculum.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>The promotion of Indian enrollment in the private <a href=\"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/current-affairs\/indian-education-system\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">education system <\/a><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and opposed the use of missionary schools.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Girls\u2019 and women\u2019s educational growth was meant to get special consideration.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%; border-style: solid; border-color: #000000; background-color: #e9ebe8; text-align: center;\"><strong><strong>Also Read: <\/strong><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/upsc-notes\/orientalist-anglicism-controversy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ORIENTALIST ANGLICIST CONTROVERSY IN INDIA<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span class=\"vc_button\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pw.live\/batches\/upsc?utm_source=seo+upsc+batch&#038;utm_medium=seo+upsc&#038;utm_campaign=seo&#038;utm_id=upsc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Enroll now for UPSC Online Coaching<\/strong><\/a> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #ff6600;\"><b>Hunter Commission: Catalyst for Educational Transformation in India<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Hunter Commission report is considered a turning moment in India\u2019s educational history.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The British government took most of its recommendations into account, which caused the <\/span><b>devolution of primary education.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a result, students in primary school <\/span><b>spent a lot less time studying British topics.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A <\/span><b>portion of the load on Calcutta University <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was reduced after the establishment of Punjab University in 1882.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Between 1882 and 1901, there was a noticeable growth in the number of students attending elementary and intermediate schools.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table style=\"width: 98.8803%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: #000000; background-color: #ff5e00; width: 100%;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><b>#PWEdge OnlyIAS<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: #000000; background-color: #e9ebe8; width: 100%;\"><b>Prominent Members of the Hunter Commission<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Sir William Wilson Hunter: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0A Scottish civil servant, served as the chairman of the commission.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Roper Lethbridge:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> A military officer and administrator in British India<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>A.O. Hume:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> A British civil servant, political reformer, and founder of the <a href=\"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/upsc-notes\/early-phase-indian-national-congress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Indian National Congress<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>T. S. Shejwalkar:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> A prominent Indian educationist and <a href=\"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/upsc-notes\/revitalizing-india-social-reform\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social reformer<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>William Adam:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> A British civil servant\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span class=\"vc_button\"> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pw.live\/batches\/upsc?utm_source=seo+upsc+batch&#038;utm_medium=seo+upsc&#038;utm_campaign=seo&#038;utm_id=upsc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Enroll now for UPSC Online Course<\/a><\/strong> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #ff6600;\"><b>Conclusion<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Hunter Commission\u2019s realistic proposals helped the area of education advance quickly. <\/span><b>By including courses like <a href=\"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/upsc-notes\/agriculture\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">agriculture<\/a>, physics, etc. in basic school, an effort was made to make education both theoretical and practical. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Special focus was placed on the education of lower castes, <a href=\"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/upsc-notes\/pandita-ramabai\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">women\u2019s education<\/a>, Muslim education, etc. in the Hunter Commission\u2019s recommendations. The Hunter Commission proposed giving Indians control over education, which would instill in them a fresh appreciation for it.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #ff6600;\"><b>Hunter Commission (1882-83) FAQs<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Q1. By whom the Hunter Commission on education was established?<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Ans. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Viceroy Lord Rippon<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Q2. What was the objective of the Hunter Commission?<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Ans. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0Assessing Indian education, evaluating missionary contributions, Wood\u2019s Despatch application, secondary and higher education, and understanding public perception of governmental and missionary organizations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Q3. What was the significance of the Hunter Commission?<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Ans. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The British government devolved primary education, reducing British subjects, and established Punjab University in 1882.<\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 97.2907%; height: 395px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 73px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 204.827%; border-style: solid; border-color: #000000; background-color: #ff5e00; text-align: center; height: 73px;\" colspan=\"2\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><b>Must Read<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 73px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 49.7426%; text-align: center; border-style: solid; border-color: #000000; background-color: #e9ebe8; height: 73px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/ncert-notes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NCERT Notes For UPSC<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 155.085%; text-align: center; border-style: solid; border-color: #000000; 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