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34 (1) That the intermediate stage was really a part of the school course and that the students at this stage could be more effectively taught by school methods than by those which were appropriate at the university stage; and (2) That the standard of undergraduate education was so poor that the first degree in India was not really comparable to the first degree in the advanced countries. The Commission, therefore, recommended that: (1) The dividing line between the university and the secondary courses is more appropriately drawn at the Intermediate Examination than at the Matriculation; (2) That the duration of undergraduated course for the First Degree should be increased to three years; and that (3) A Board of Secondary and Intermediate Education should be established for the purpose of reorganising high school and intermediate education on the lines recommended by it and for holding the matriculation and Intermediate Examinations. The universities would thus be left to their proper sphere. namely, the provision of under-graduate and postgraduate education and the holding of examinations for the first, second or research degrees. This recommendation made a great impression on Indian educational thought and, for a time, it appeared to be on the verge of universal acceptance. But ultimately it was implemented only in one province, namely, the U.P. and that too, in a mutilated form. No steps were taken to