British Education System in India

Macaulay's Minute on Education (1835)

  • Thomas Babington Macaulay's Minute on Education proposed the promotion of English education in India, arguing that it would create a class of Indians who would be "Indian in blood and color, but English in taste, in opinions, in morals, and in intellect."
  • He believed that English education would serve as a means to produce a group of Indians who could assist in the administration of the British Empire.
  • Indian nationalists reacted strongly to Macaulay's proposal. They viewed it as a deliberate attempt to erase Indian culture and heritage, replacing it with Western values and norms. ....
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