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Development of Education

February 26, 2020 by BureaucratONE Leave a Comment Last Updated February 26, 2020

  • Calcutta madrasa - warren hastings to study muslim law
  • Sanskrit college Benaras - Jonathan Duncan to study Hindu law and philosophy
  • They provide regular supply of qualified Indians to help company's court
  • Educated Indians thought modern education is remedy to all ills
  • Missionaries thought modern education will help in converting
  • A HUMBLE BEGINNING BY CHARTER ACT OF 1813
    • 1 Lakh a year
    • Mad available only in 1823
    • Raja rammohan Roy setup Calcutta college with grant in 1817
    • 3 sankrit college in calcutta, delhi and agra
  • Orientalist-anglicist controversy
    • Orientalist
      • Traditional Indian learning with western science and literature
    • Anglist
      • Exclusive modern studies
      • But divided over English or vernacular
    • Lord Macaulay's Minute 1835
      • Modern studies in English alone
      • Indian learning was inferior to European learning
      • Opened few colleges and schools instead of large number of elementary schools
      • Plan was to educate small faction of upper and middle classes, thus creating a class" Indian in blood and colour but English in taste, in opinions, in morals and in intellect"
      • Downward filtration theory
    • Efforts of thomson
      • James thomson, Lt.Govr of NW provinces
      • Mensuration and agriculture
      • Revenue and public works department
  • Woods Despatch 1854
    • Magna carta of English Education in India
    • Assume responsibility of education for masses
    • Vernacular primary schools in villages
    • Anglo vernacular high schools
    • Affiliated college at district level
    • Affiliating university at province level
    • English for higher education and vernacular at school level
    • Stress on female and vocational training and teacher's training
    • Secular education
    • Grants-in-aids to encourage pvt enterprise
  • Hunter Education commission 1882-1883
    • To review progress since woods despatch
    • Confined recommendation to primary and secondary education
      • Primary education thro vernacular
      • Transfer of control of primary education to district and municipal boards
      • Secondary
        • Literary
        • Vocational
      • Stressed on female education
  • Indian universities act 1904
    • Based on Raleigh Commission for universities only
    • Attention to study and research
    • Fellow no and period reduced
    • Most fellows nominated
    • Veto over university senate regulations

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