Explanation: Saddler Commission (The Calcutta University Commission of 1917)

In 1917 the Government of India appointed a Commission to study and report on the problems of Calcutta University. Dr. M.E. Saddler, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Leeds, was appointed its Chairman. The Commission included two Indian members, namely Sir Ashutosh Mukeiji and Dr. Zia-ud-din Ahmad.

While the Hunter Commission had reported on problems of secondary education and the University Commission of 1902 mainly on the different aspects of university education, the Saddler Commission reviewed the entire field from school education to university education.

The Saddler Commission held the view that the improvement of secondary education was a necessary condition for the improvement of university education.