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Question
Answer the following question:
Who was Lord Macaulay? Why did he recommend the system of a British education in India?
Solution
Lord Macaulay is considered the founder of the British system of education in India. He was the law member of the council of Lord William Bentinck, the Governor-General of India. Macaulay recommended
- English should be the medium of instruction in schools
- Indians should be taught sciences and western literature. He had a very poor opinion of traditional Indian learning which he thought was inferior to European learning.
According to him, “single shelf of a good European library was worth native literature of India and Arabia.”
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| 4. Charter Act of 1813 | (d) Anglicist |
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The introduction and spread of Western education
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