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Notes 3.4.4 Religious Education and Hunter Commission

The Commission was also required to give its opinion regarding the policy that the Government
should adopt for religious education. The Commission recommended as follows :
1. The Government should have no hand in schools regarding religious education.
2. The Managers of the Non-Government schools should be free to give or not give a plate
to religious education in their schools. The Government should place no restriction in
this respect.
3. While giving grants special attention should be paid to t he standard of the schools
which give religious education.
3.4.5 Women’s Education

The Commission gave the following suggestions with regard to women education.
1. Education in Special Subjects: The Commission said that the curriculum for girls should
be different from that of boys, because of the different nature of their life duties. Subjects
useful in their life should be included in their curriculum. The Commission thought that
literary subjects would not be useful for girls. Therefore, they should be given education
in subjects useful in their life.
2. Education by Local Boards: The Commission recommended that the local boards should
be made responsible for women’s education. In the absence of a local board in some
areas the Government should shoulder the responsibility for women education.
3. Women Teachers: The Commission recommended that only lady teachers should be
appointed in girl’s schools.
4. Inspectors: The Commission recommended that inspectors for girl’s schools should be
appointed. This policy would encourage women education also.
3.4.6 Muslim Education
The Commission studied the problems of Muslim education and gave the following suggestions
to improve it :

1. Local bodies should be made responsible for Muslim education.
2. The indigenous Muslim schools should be encouraged.
3. The medium of Muslim schools should be Hindustani except in those schools where the
people do not want this medium.
4. Muslim should be given greater assistance in the field of higher English education.
5. Special provisions should be made for scholarship for Muslim students.
3.4.7 Education of the Backward Classes
The Commission recommended that in Government schools special facilities should be provided
for backward classes. It further suggested that some Government schools should be opened for
children of backward classes. The suggestions of the Commission led to the progress of education
of backward classes.
3.4.8 Missionaries and the Hunter Commission
Missionaries had become reveals to the Government in the field of education. On the
appointment of the Commission they had hoped that they would be given special facilities and
consideration in the field of education with permission to open as many new schools as they
wanted. Moreover, they had also thought that they would be recognised as supreme in the field
of education. But all the hopes of the Missionaries were believed. They did not mind when
primary education was entrusted to local boards, because they had no interest in this area.

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