It is an extraordinary fact that in spite of the
spread of education there has been no proportionate reduction of illiteracy. Inefficiency was found nearly everywhere, and that is only another way of saying that. a great deal. of money has been. wasted. Evidently it would be profitable to give competent teachers higher pay and greater security. If the Provincial Governments have failed, what then ? It is out of the question to restore education to the Central Government, but the Committee suggests that if the Central Government helps to pay for education it might well claim as a right and a duty the function of co-ordinating education and acting generally as a bureau of information. The Simon Commission is, of course, not bound by the Report ; it simply publishes it as a contribution to the discussion of reforms in India.
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