[CA/GK] Major Education Commissions in India

Commission / Committee	Year	Major recommendations
Macaulay's Minute	1835	Criticized almost everything Indian: astronomy, culture, history, philosophy, religion etc., and praised everything western.
		Advocated the national system of education for India which could best serve the interest of the British Empire.
		His minutes was accepted and Lord William Bentinck issued his proclamation in march 1935
Wood Despatch	1854	An education department was to be set in every province.
		Universities on the model of the London University be established in big cities such as Bombay, Calcutta and Madras.
		Wood‘s Despatch is called Magna Carta of English Education in India.
Hunter Commission	1882	Lord Ripon appointed the Indian Education Commission on Feb 03, 1882, with Sir William Hunter as its Chairman. It is known as Hunter Commission of 1882.
		Made a thorough enquiry on the present condition of primary and secondary education in India.
		Primary education should be regarded as education of the masses.
		Normal schools should be established for the training of primary school teachers
		Curriculum should include useful subjects like agriculture, elements of natural and physical science and the native method of arithmetic and measurement etc.
Mudaliar Commission	1952	Secondary Education commission
		Commission thoroughly examined the then prevailing secondary education system and gave a number of suggestions for reforms.
		Important ones among these were the diversification of the curriculum, and setting up a large number of multi-purpose schools. The courses of study provided in these schools should aim at fulfilling the different aptitudes of the students.
		Regional language or mother tongue or a combined course of classical language and mother tongue
Indian Education Commission	1964-66	Popularly known as Kothari Commission
		To examine all aspects of the educational sector in India, to evolve a general pattern of education and to advise guidelines and policies for the development of education in India.
		Stressed on moral education and inculcation of a sense of social responsibility
		Special emphasis on the training and quality of teachers for schools
		Education for agriculture and research in agriculture and allied sciences should be given a high priority in the scheme of educational reconstruction.