Question

Describe the report of William Adam on the progress of education in Vernacular School

Answer 1

Local School Routine. In the 1830s, William Adam, a Scottish missionary toured the district of Bengal and Bihar. He gave a report on the progress of education in vernacular schools. According to him, the system of education was flexible and local schools were known as pathshalas.

Answer 2

Report of Adam on Vernacular education:

• Vernacular education raises to education directed in the native languages of the main resident communities,

• In the early nineteenth century, the report was assembled by William Adam.

• In this report, he examines the state of education of indigenous education in North India especially in Bengal.

• Adam found that the system of education in the local schools, well-known as pathshala, was flexible.

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