Paper 1 · Higher Education
UGC NET December 2023 Re-Exam (14.12.2023) Shift-II
The idea of a national education system in India could get a fillip with the transfer of control of education in 1921 to:
AThe British Viceroy
BIndian ministers of provinces ✓ Correct
CThe Christian missionaries
DEuropean elite
Correct answer: (B) Indian ministers of provinces — Control of education passed to Indian ministers of provinces in 1921, so that is the answer.
Explanation
★Control of education passed to Indian ministers of provinces in 1921, so that is the answer.
★The Montagu Chelmsford reforms of 1919 introduced dyarchy in the provinces.
★Under this, education became a transferred subject handed to Indian ministers.
★This Indian control gave a push to the idea of a national education system.
★It also led to setting up a central advisory body on education around this time.
★The Viceroy, missionaries and European elite did not receive this transferred control.
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