Calcutta University Commission, 1917
At the end of the World War in 1917, the Calcutta University Commission was set up to look into the quality of teaching in Calcutta University under the leadership of Sir Michael Sadler. This commission came to be known as the Sadler Commission or Calcutta University Commission. Even though the committee was appointed to review the working of university, it suggested remarkable recommendation on teacher education.
It recommended opening of a Department of Education in each university with a professor as the Head of the Department. It recommended the introduction of education as an optional subject at the intermediate, graduation and post-graduation level. Sadler Commission recommended attaching an experimental school in addition to the practical schools, to provide opportunities to experiment various teaching methods, teaching skills, school administration, leadership qualities, etc. Practicing schools exclusively set opportunities for practice teaching.
Sadler Commission recommendations opened new universities in different parts of the country, like in Mysore, Patna, Banaras, Dacca, Aligarh, and Hyderabad, and some of these universities started with the establishment of Teacher Education Departments. Similarly, the number of teacher training colleges also increased in the country.