Paper 1 · Higher Education
UGC NET June 2023 (15.06.2023) Shift-II
What were the recommendations of the Hunter Commission on higher education in India?
- The Government should leave the management of higher education to Indians themselves.
- Government colleges should be established only where the demand existed.
- The Government should provide grants to non-government colleges generously.
- Students should study the prescribed subjects without any option.
- There was no need for moral education.
A1, 2 & 3 only ✓ Correct
B2, 3 & 4 only
C3, 4 & 5 only
D1, 4 & 5 only
Correct answer: (A) 1, 2 & 3 only — The recommendations were Indian management, demand-based colleges and generous grants, so the answer is 1, 2 and 3.
Explanation
★The recommendations were Indian management, demand-based colleges and generous grants, so the answer is 1, 2 and 3.
★The Hunter Commission of 1882 reviewed Indian education under Lord Ripon.
★It advised leaving the management of higher education increasingly to Indians themselves.
★It recommended setting up government colleges only where a real demand existed.
★It urged generous grants-in-aid to private, non-government colleges.
★Forcing prescribed subjects with no option in item 4 was not its recommendation.
★Denying the need for moral education in item 5 also runs against the commission's views.
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