Question

give reason for the introduction of modern education in India by the British

Answer 1

The decision was to make English as the medium of instruction for higher education,and to stop the promotion of Oriental institutions like the Calcutta Madrasa and Banaras Sanskrit college.

Answer 2

$<b>$The anglicist led by macaulay believed that the knowledge of the east was full of errors and unscientific thoughts.
They felt that teaching English to Indians would enable them to benefit from the developments in science, literature and philosophy.
So they emphasized the promotion of Western learning where English would be the medium of instruction.
It was in this context that Macaulay wrote his famous minutes emphasizing the need for English medium education and Western learning.