Question:
Which of the following is/ are true regarding colonial education?
1. Only a small and slowly expanding minority obtained colonial education.
2. Colonial education was received not through English but was transmitted through
the vernacular languages.
3. The most successful of the English-educated chose English language as medium
for creative expression over their particular vernacular.
4. English became medium only in the high school education and in colleges.
AOnly 1, 2 and 3
BOnly 1, 2 and 4
COnly 2, 3 and 4
DOnly 1, 3 and 4
Answer:
B. Only 1, 2 and 4
Explanation:
๐นInitially, the British East India Company was not concerned with the development of the education system because their prime motive was trading and profit-making. ๐นTo rule in India, they planned to educate a small section of upper and middle classes to create a class โIndian in blood and colour but English in tasteโ who would act as interpreters between the Government and the masses. ๐นThis was also called the โdownward filtration theoryโ.