HC Deb 17 April 1907 vol 172 cc954-5
SIR CHARLES SCHWANN (Manchester, N.)

To ask the Secretary of † See (4) Debates, clxxi., 40–41. State for India if he can briefly state whether any, and, if so, what, steps have been taken to improve the quality and increase the quantity of elementary education in India.

(Answered by Mr. Secretary Morley.) It is not possible within the compass of the Answer to a Question to give a summary of what has lately been done to extend and improve elementary education in India, but if the hon. Member will refer to the Report on the Moral and Material Progress of India for 1905–6, shortly to be laid on the Table, he will find a chapter in which the facts are summarised. I am not without hopes that I may be able to say something on this subject when I speak on the Indian Budget.