what was the role of east india company in the field of education
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The company wanted to educate some of influential Indians and thereby win the confidence of the upper classes and consolidate its rule in India. So the Company established some centres of higher learning for the Hindus and the Muslims.
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In the early decades of the nineteenth century when the East India Company first beganto organize a modern system of education for India, the country had already a fairlywide network of indigenous schools, catering to the needs of numerous local
communities. During the company’s regime education was neglected and the authority
did not accept any responsibility for educating the people.The Company was primarily an organisation of a great commercial people, who thoughtit beyond its province to educate the Indians. In those days, education was not regardedas a responsibility of state, even in England. Naturally East India Company was notprepared to accept it in India.Moreover, the Company was influenced very much by financial rather than byphilanthropic motives. Besides, the native Indians were not so very sympathetic towardsthe new change in the educational system and their great need was the establishmentof law and order. At the beginning, the company restricted its attention to the educationof European and Anglo Indian children.
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