The East India Company was the first administration to start a policy of giving grants in aid to Schools being run by the private agencies. The woods despatch of 1854 was the first document on policy of education.
After the British Parliament tool over the administration of India direct in its hands, several acts were passed under various educational policies. The Hunters Commission was appointed in 1882 to review the existing system of education in India and to suggest reforms. Lord Curzon in his education policy made for reaching recommendations for improving the governance of Universities in India.
Lord Curzon was credited with the expansion of higher education in India.
In 1919 a commission was appointed by Govt. of India to review the working of Calcutta University and to have implications for other Universities of India.
These five volumes mainly dwell on the history of educational policies of India of those times.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR K.K. Sharma
K.K. Sharma, Ph.D., D.Litt., former Professor of English, University of Allahabad, is currently the Editor of the Scholarly research journal, Points of View. He is well-known for his books and articles both in India and abroad. Some of his notable full-length studies are: Joyce Cary: His theme and Techniques; Modern Fictional Theorists: Virginia Wolf and D.H. Lawrence; Bhabani Bhattacharya: His Vision and Themes; Tradition in Modern Novel Theory; Rabindranath Tagore’s Aesthetics; The Partition in Indian English Novels; Four Great Indian English Novelsists; The Litterateur as Art-theorist; Feminism, Censorship and other Essays; Indo-English Literature: A Collection of critical Essays (Ed.); perspectives on Raja Rao (Ed.); perspectives of Sarojini Naidu (Ed.); Indian English Literature: A perspective (Ed.); Bhabani Bhattacharya: Some points of view (Ed.); Feminism and Literature (Ed.); Film and Literature (Ed.); and Censorships and Literature (Ed.)
ABOUT THE AUTHOR S R Sharma
Dr. Sita Ram Sharma is an expert on International affairs. Besides this he has written on many International events so far. He is biographer of Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma, Dr. K.R. Narayanan former Presidents of India Bill Clinton former President of US which were vey much acclaimed in the international academic circles. Dr. Sharma is a historian, an educationist and a scholar of eminence who has published more than five hundred books so far. Most of the publishers deem it a privilege to publish Dr. Sita Ram Sharma’s books. He is very much respected in America and Germany. He has been a UNESCO Scholar in Philipines and a Colombo plan scholar in Newzealand.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR T N Ratho
Professor T.N. Ratho is a former Vice-Chancellor of Berhampur University and Manipur University. He holds a Ph.D. Degree in Physics from Germany. He is a widely traveled man and has been on various selection committees of Govt. of India.
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