Paper 1 · Higher Education
UGC NET December 2023 (12.12.2023) Shift-II
The Simon Commission set up a committee on education which was considered as:
AUniversity committee
BProvincial committee
CAuxiliary committee ✓ Correct
DFederal committee
Correct answer: (C) Auxiliary committee — The Simon Commission's education committee was an auxiliary committee, so the answer is auxiliary committee.
Explanation
★The Simon Commission's education committee was an auxiliary committee, so the answer is auxiliary committee.
★The Simon Commission set up this body in 1929 to report on education.
★It was known as the Hartog Committee, chaired by Philip Hartog.
★It was constituted as an auxiliary committee of the Simon Commission.
★It examined the growth and standards of education in India.
★It noted that rapid expansion of schools and colleges had lowered educational standards.
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