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DURING the first decade of this century, mainly as the result of the recommendations of the Curzon Commission culminating in the Universities Act of 1904, the older Indian universities, Madras, Bombay, Calcutta and the Punjab, modified their examination requirements and effected fundamental alterations in the teaching in their affiliated colleges. Unfortunately, the university examinations in their various grades from the matriculation upwards continued to be recognized as qualifications for admission to the various Civil Services, since only for a few appointments, such as those in the Finance Department, was there a special Civil Service examination. The linking of the Civil Services with the universities has had the unfortunate result of overcrowding the colleges with students, in many cases of mediocre ability, and has so to some extent nullified the beneficial effect of the improved courses of study. Two other factors have also contributed to still further overcrowding: first, the continued though welcome spread of primary and secondary education, and secondly, the increasing desire for a training in the methods of science.
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THE UNIVERSITY OF ORISSA. Nature 149, 59–60 (1942). https://doi.org/10.1038/149059a0
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