§ MR. HART-DAVIES (Hackney, N.)I beg to ask the Under-Secretary of State for India whether the Government of India has received any report as to the system of compulsory primary education introduced into the Baroda State; if so, whether the report is a favourable one; and whether the Government of India will take into consideration the advisability of introducing a similar system into British India.
§ THE UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA (Mr. BUCHANAN,) Perthshire, E.The latest information tends to show that the free compulsory education scheme which was extended in 1906 to all parts of the Baroda State has on the whole worked satisfactorily. The Government of India are no doubt watching the experiment carefully.