The Hartog Committee was set up in 1929 to review education in British India. It examined declining standards and unequal growth across primary, secondary, and higher education.

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• Hartog Committee appointed in 1929 during British rule

• Chaired by Sir Philip Hartog

• Focused on quality decline in Indian education

• Found rapid expansion harming standards

• Criticised neglect of primary education

• Warned against overcrowding in secondary, higher education

• Recommended consolidation over blind expansion

• Emphasised teacher training, better supervision

• Suggested vocational bias at secondary level

• Influenced later education reforms in India