Question

During whose regime Hunter Commission (1882) for education reforms was constituted?

• A. Lord Ripon
• B. Lord Elgin-II
• C. Lord Lansdowne
• D. Lord Curzon

Answer 1

Answer:

A. Lord Ripon

To improve primary & secondary education in India , Viceroy Lord Ripon appointed an Education Commission in 1882 under the chairmanship of Sir William Hunter to review the progress of education in India, since Wood’s dispatch of 1854. The commission laid emphasis on the special responsibility of the state for the improvement and expansion of primary education.