Question

suppose you are a officer working in the education department of British India you have been asked to come up with the new education policy that would benefit the Indians and spread awareness and help assimilation of knowledge​

Answer 1

Answer:

the British East India Company was not concerned with the development of the education system because their prime motive was trading and profit-making. To rule in India, they planned to educate a small section of upper and middle classes to create a class “Indian in blood and colour but English in taste” who would act as interpreters between the Government and the masses. This was also called the “downward filtration theory”. The following steps and measures were taken by the British for the development of Education in India.