who passed the English education act in 1835? mention the two main provisions of this act.
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Answer:
The following were the provision English Education Act 1835: (i) English was made the medium of instruction for higher education.
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Civilising the Native: Educating The Nation.
A. William Jones (i) promotion of English education
C. Thomas Macaulay (iii) Macaulay gurus
Explanation:
The English Education Act 1835 was a legislative Act of the Council of India, gave effect to a decision in 1835 by Lord William Bentinck, then Governor-General of the British East India Company, to reallocate funds it was required by the British Parliament to spend on education and literature in India. Previously, they had given limited support to traditional Muslim and Hindu education and the publication of literature in the then traditional languages of learning in India (Sanskrit and Persian); henceforward they were to support establishments teaching a Western curriculum with English as the language of instruction. Together with other measures promoting English as the language of administration and of the higher law courts (instead of Persian, as under the Mughal Empire), this led eventually to English becoming one of the languages of India, rather than simply the native tongue of its foreign rulers.