The National Council of Education Bengal Calendar India, 1906-1908.

Abstract

Oil the 16th of November 1905, several leading citizens of Bengal' met in Conference in the rooms of the Bengal Landholders’ Association in Park Stree t to consider the question of National Education For some time past many people in Bengal had been thinking about this question and had felt the necessity for in situation g a system of National Education. This was, however, -only a vague desire and the Conference focussed the feeling with regard to the matter, Many schemes were in the air about National Education and the entire country seemed to be ripe for taking a decided step in that direction. The Conference met to consider the situation and after a prolonged deliberation it unanimously adopted the following Resolution: that in the opinion of this conference it is desirable and necessary that a National Council of Education should be at once established to organize a system of Education— Literary, Scientific* and Technical— on National lines a*nd under National control, and that the following gentlemen (here follow names) should be appointed, as a Provisional Commttee to take immediate steps to further this 'object and that the Committee be instructed to submit their report within three weeks.” The next day there was a very large and 'enthusiastic meeting attended by over 15,000 people, mostly students, in the grounds of the Field and Academy Club, wl*ich received the decision of the ( ’onference arrived tit the previous evening with great satisfaction. This was followed by many other meetings in various parts of Bengal. In 'the meantime, the Provisional Committee appointed by the Conference went on with its deliberations and on the 2nd December, 1905, it formulated a provisional a scheme which was considered by the Conference an* its second meeting held on the 10th December, 190'», and the Conference on that day appointed a small Committee of Ways and Means which after having met almost daily for several weeks submitted a report amending the scheme of the Provisional Committee in certain respects which was considered at the third. The Council thus constituted started world at once and after a body of Rules and Regulations for its management anil its Memorandum of Association, got itself registered on the 1st of Ju n e , 1906, under Act X X I of I860.