2. As the Christian
missionaries in India
forwarded a number of
complaints against the
existing policy, Lord Ripon,
the then Viceroy appointed
William Hunter as the
chairman of the
commission to study and
submit a report on the
actions to be taken for the
development of education.
He submitted report in
1882.
Background
Hunter Commission
Report of 1882
3. BackgroundMajor
Recomme-
ndations
1
Primary education
should be given more
attention, and a part of
the provincial revenue
should be exclusively
reserved for the
development of this
stage of education. The
district or municipal
council should have the
freedom to design the
curriculum and tin the
administration of primary
education
Hunter Commission
Report of 1882
4. BackgroundMajor
Recommendations
2
Government should
withdraw from the
secondary
education sector by
leaving them to be
organized by private
agencies. There
should be two
streams i.e. literary
as well as vocational
for secondary
education sector
Hunter Commission
of 1882
11. Positive Effects
The number of primary schools & secondary
schools increased in great amount
The number of high schools also increased.
Many new colleges were established.
New universities were established in Punjab
and Allahabad
12. Negative Effects
The provision given to local bodies to administer the
primary education
hindered its progress.
‘The payment by result’ policy was a failure.
The withdrawal of govt. from the secondary stage of
education was also a failure. .
The Christian Missionaries were felt insulted and
disappointed.