Calcutta University Commission, 1917-19 Report Vol.1, Part-1 Analysis of Present Conditions

Abstract

1 . -We, the members of. the Commission , Appointed by the Governor-General of India in Council to make enquiries and recommendations in regard to the University of Calcutta and its affiliated colleges, have the honour to submit our report. - 2. The scope pf our enquiry is described in a resolution of the Government of India in the Education Department, no. 783, dated the 14th September, 1917. “ The Governor-General in Council has decided to appoint a Commission to enquire into the condition and prospects of the Univfersity of Calcutta and to consider the question of a constructive policy in relation to the questions which it .presents. An announcement on the subject was made by His Excellency the Chancellor of the University at the Convocation held'on the 6th January, 1917. 2. It is the desire of the Governor-General in Council that the constitution of the Commission should ensure an investigation of the problems connected with the. University and the formulation of recommendations in the light of the best expert opinion upon the present requirements of university instruction and organisation. The Assistance of His Majesty’s Secretary of State was accordingly enlisted for the selection of person^ fully acquainted with recent developments of university education in the'^United Kingdom. With these will be associated three persons competent to advise upon the peculiar conditions which prevail in India.