§ *MR. REES (Montgomery Boroughs)I beg to ask the Under-Secretary of State for India whether, following upon the resolutions of the Indian Universities Commission and the Indian Universities Act, new schemes are being introduced into the Indian educational system; whether such schemes in respect of Bengal provide for giving sufficient assistance to private indigenous colleges to enable them to comply with the demands of the new regulations imposed upon them by the University of Calcutta; and whether provision is made for training schoolmasters who teach in secondary schools through the medium of English.
§ THE UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA (Mr. BUCHANAN,) Perthshire, E.Various changes have been, and are being, made, but the Secretary of State has no knowledge of any intention on the part of the Govern- 458 ment of Bengal to revise the present grant-in-aid rules, or of any applications for additional grants made by aided colleges in consequence of the new University regulations. A new scheme for the training of secondary school teachers is now being worked out by the Government of Bengal. The existing teachers, generally speaking, are men with a knowledge of English.