INDIAN UNIVERSITIES.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 11509, 4 October 1915, Page 1

INDIAN UNIVERSITIES.

A PROGRESSIVE KO7EMENT. GRANTED WIDE POWERS. As 0!!<: 1.-STilt, of till} t.iotia E policy announced tlio. Durbar .f. Delhi w It'll, tinner.: ities are ppnijrjwg _up all over the country. Th? latest university v.o come under review i; that of the Central Provinces and] Jterar, the committee appointed to ir.i no a scheme tlhTi'i'nr nav'nK jti>t| issued its report. Ii is proper! that I the university shall bo established 'u tho vicinity of Nippur, when if t!:e j scat of ..government of the. province. I and which boast* four colleges or in-1 stitutious of siif!k: : eufc educational im-l portanee to justify their inclusion with-j in the university scheme. Jnbbtdporo, j tho second most important centre in j the province, and a .irreat railway junc- • tion. vrif! be repre-setucd by t.vo euh, and Amraoti, the capital of: Hera v. i;y out'. Tho most striking feature about the const itnt on of the new university is" the demand that it shall he autonomous. Iu most existing universities, and' this applies especially to that of Ca cutty, which is the oldest institution of its kind in Indh, the Government rule*; the roost. The Viceroy is the chancellor, and this fact is merely symbolical of tho control which the Government exercises over the fortunes erf the university. The same may be said, w.'th modifications, of oven' existing university. Should the "Central Provinces University he constituted as the committee recommends, however, a somewhat, impart ant departure from precedent will nave been made. The committee proposes, in effect', that, whi.e the institution will depend almost entirely upon Government support' for its maintenance, it shall be invested with a full measure of admini: : >- trat ve independence. The Chief Co-'ti-missioner. or Governor of tho province, will be the chancellor and wih nominate the vice-chancellor, but there ths recognition of official control w 11 end. It is proposed that the teaching staff sha.l con dilute the majority both upjn the syndicate and the senate. " Arter careful consideration," savs the committee, we have arrVcd at the conclusion that a university possessing the wide administrative and educati nal powers which we propose must bo governed by a body m which professional and expert opinion will predominate:.''