Question

Q. With reference to the Hunter Education Commission (1882), which one of the following statement is incorrect?

• A. It was appointed by Lord Ripon.
• B. It recommended that primary education should be imparted through vernacular medium.
• C. Its report was considered as the ‘Magna Carta’ of English education in India.
• D. It recommended literary and vocational education at the secondary level.

Answer 1

The correct option is C Its report was considered as the ‘Magna Carta’ of English education in India.

Explanation:

Option (a) is correct: Lord Ripon the then Governor-General of India appointed the first Indian Education Commission in February 1882, under the Chairmanship of Sir William Hunter, a member of the Executive Council of Viceroy, called the Hunter Education Commission. It mostly confined its recommendations to primary and secondary education.

Option (b) is correct: The Commission emphasised that the state's special care is required for extension and improvement of primary education, and the primary education should be imparted through vernacular medium.

Option (c) is incorrect: Wood’s Despatch of 1854, on the educational system, is considered as the “Magna Carta of English Education in India”.

Option (d) is correct: It recommended that secondary level education should have two divisions: literary (leading up to university) and vocational (for commercial careers).