Question

Why did James mill and Thomas Macaulay think that Europe education was essential in India

Answer 1

James Mill and Thomas Macaulay thought that India was an uncivilized country and was a true believer in myths. According to them, India did not have any development in the field of Science so they decided to bring English education in India so that the people might get educated and serve the British with loyal servants. 

Answer 2

James Mill and Thomas Macaulay felt that knowledge of English would allow Indians to read some of the finest literature that the world had produced; it would make them aware of the developments in Western science and philosophy. The teaching of English could thus be a way of ‘civilising’ people, changing their tastes, values and culture. They also felt that the aim of education should be to teach what was useful and practical. So Indians should be made familiar with the scientific and technical advances that the West had made, rather than with the poetry and sacred literature of the ‘Orient’.