Write a detail note on 'Development and status of education under British'.
Answers
Education is a powerful tool to unlock the golden door of freedom which can change the world. With the advent of British, their policies and measures breached the legacies of traditional schools of learning and this resulted in the need for creating class of subordinates. To achieve this goal, they instituted a number of acts to create an Indian canvas of English colour through the education system.
Initially, British East India Company was not concerned with the development of 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.