what was the view of Christian missionaries regarding education in India?
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Role of Christian Missionary Education in India during British Colonial period. Ideally Christian missionaries hoped to make schools the spiritual and religious centers. ... Getting employment under colonial government was the only major motive for Indians to so zealously pursue the education prescribed by the government.
Explanation:
Christian missionaries hoped to make schools the spiritual and religious centers. Through education they hoped to eradicate the practices and behaviors of natives like Idol worship, polytheism, bigotry, polygamy and many superstitions which were considered by them to be much uncivilized. Their ultimate aim was to proselytize the native population and prove the falsehood of the native religions. Regular Bible lessons were supposed to become the norm in the schools of Christian missionaries whereas the reality at the ground level for Christian Educational missionaries in India turned out to be otherwise.