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Q32 (CAPF/2017) History & Culture › Modern India (Pre-1857) › Colonial education policy Answer Verified

Which one of the following statements about the English Education Act of 1835 is NOT correct ?

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The English Education Act of 1835, based on Lord Macaulay's Minute, aimed to promote European literature and science through English as the medium of instruction [2]. While the Act did not abolish existing Oriental institutions, it significantly altered their funding. Specifically, the Act mandated that no new stipends were to be conferred on students of Oriental colleges and the printing of Oriental classical texts was to cease immediately. This was a deliberate shift to reallocate all educational funds toward English education alone. Therefore, the statement claiming that fresh awards of stipends and the publication of classical texts were to continue is incorrect, as the Act explicitly sought to discontinue these practices to discourage traditional learning in favor of Western education.

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  1. [1] Modern India ,Bipin Chandra, History class XII (NCERT 1982 ed.)[Old NCERT] > Chapter 6: Administrative Organisation and Social and Cultural Policy > Spread of Modern Education > p. 120
  2. [2] Rajiv Ahir. A Brief History of Modern India (2019 ed.). SPECTRUM. > Chapter 30: Development of Education > Lord Macaulay's Minute (1835) > p. 565
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