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Answer the following question:
What were the main objectives of a British education in India? Mention the steps recommended to implement the policy.
Solution
There were three main objectives of education in India according to Lord Macaulay. The first objective was to form a class of interpreters between the British rulers and the millions of Indians they governed.
The second objective was to create a class of persons, Indians in blood and colour but British in taste, opinion, morals, and intellect.
The third objective was to obtain a cheap supply of clerks for holding subordinate posts in the administration and British business concerns.
In 1835, Bentinck agreed to Macaulay’s view and made English the medium of instruction. In 1844 the government declared their intention to employ only English educated Indians. In 1854, Wood’s Despatch was accepted and implemented. New Universities were set up in Mumbai, Kolkata, and Chennai.
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