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Answer the following question:
Who was Lord Macaulay? Why did he recommend the system of a British education in India?
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Solution
Lord Macaulay is considered the founder of the British system of education in India. He was the law member of the council of Lord William Bentinck, the Governor-General of India. Macaulay recommended
- English should be the medium of instruction in schools
- Indians should be taught sciences and western literature. He had a very poor opinion of traditional Indian learning which he thought was inferior to European learning.
According to him, “single shelf of a good European library was worth native literature of India and Arabia.”
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