Question
Download Solution PDFGiven below are two statements:
Statement I: The earliest part of the British policy on education was to withdraw from higher education
Statement II: The British policy completely supported the idea of mother tongue as the medium of instruction as against English.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is Statement I is true but Statement II is false
Important Points
Statement I: The earliest British policy on education in India, often associated with the dispatch from Charles Wood (also known as Wood's Despatch)
- in 1854, did aim to withdraw the state from responsibility for higher education, leaving it in private hands.
- The British believed that higher education was not for the masses but rather for the elite who could afford it. Hence, this statement is true.
Statement II: The British policy did not support the idea of the mother tongue as the medium of instruction as against English.
- The British aimed to create a class of Indians who would be "Indian in blood and color, but English in tastes, in opinions, in morals and in intellect".
- This was done primarily by promoting English as the medium of instruction in schools. Hence, this statement is false.
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