Company administration and colonial economy
Colonial education policy and its institutions
Practise 4 PYQsConcepts to cover
- Calcutta Madrasa 1781 by Warren Hastings, Sanskrit College Benares 1791 by Jonathan Duncan, Asiatic Society 1784, Fort William College 1800 by Wellesley to train civilians
- One lakh clause of 1813, General Committee of Public Instruction 1823, Orientalist-Anglicist debate, Macaulay's Minute and Bentinck's 1835 resolution
- Wood's Despatch: grants-in-aid, universities at Calcutta, Bombay and Madras 1857, vernacular at lower levels and English at higher, teacher training, women's education
- Hunter Commission: primary education to local bodies, secondary literary and vocational streams, encouragement to women's education
- Raleigh Commission 1902 and Indian Universities Act 1904 tightening official control
- Sadler 1917-19, Hartog 1929, Wardha scheme of basic education 1937 and Sargent Plan 1944
Where to study
Our Pasts III, Class VIII, Chapter 6: Civilising the Native, Educating the Nation
- ch. 6 Civilising the Native, Educating the Nation, pp. 1-13 (printed 65-77)
- ch. 6 Civilising the Native, Educating the Nation, The tradition of Orientalism, pp. 1-3 (printed 65-67)
- ch. 6 Civilising the Native, Educating the Nation, Grave errors of the East; Education for commerce, pp. 3-4 (printed 67-68)
- ch. 6 Civilising the Native, Educating the Nation, Education for commerce, pp. 4-5 (printed 68-69)
- ch. 6 Civilising the Native, Educating the Nation, The Agenda for a National Education, pp. 8-11 (printed 72-75)
A Brief History of Modern India · Rajiv Ahir (Spectrum)
- ch. 30 Development of Education