1.What was the importance of Lord Macaulay's
speech in the British Parliament?
2.why was the national council of education set up ?
3.why was the Mohammedan Anglo-Oriental college set up ?
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On 2 February 1835, British historian and politician Thomas Babington Macaulay presented his 'Minute on Indian Education' that sought to establish the need to impart English education to Indian 'natives'. This minute is a very important document for UPSC history.
The National Council of Education was set up in June, 1906. Its main purpose was to provide education on national lines and under national control. Teachers were national, curriculum was national, based on national cultural heritage and aimed at national development in all directions—economic, moral and material.
Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College, now known as Aligarh Muslim University is an Indian public central university established by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan in 1875. he wanted to establish an education system similar to the British model. It is an Institute of National Importance provided under the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution at its commencement