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Macaulay was appointed as the first Law Member of the Governor-General's Council in India in 1834. He convinced the Governor-General to adopt English as the medium of instruction in higher education starting in the sixth year of schooling, rather than Sanskrit or Persian which were previously used. Macaulay wanted to educate Indians through their mother tongue by incorporating English to enrich Indian languages so they could express European scientific, historical, and literary concepts. He viewed local languages as poor and their body of writing as not comparable to English scholarship, stating historical information in all Sanskrit books was less valuable than basic textbooks in England.

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On Indian education: •After the passing of the Government of India Act 1833. •Macaulay was appointed as the first Law Member of the Governor-General's Council. •He went to India in 1834. Serving on the Supreme Council of India between 1834 and 1838 . •he was instrumental in creating the foundations of bilingual colonial India, by convincing the Governor-General to adopt English as the medium of instruction in higher education. •from the sixth year of schooling onwards, rather than Sanskrit or Persian then used in the institutions supported by the East India Company. •By doing so, Macaulay wanted to "educate a people who cannot at present be educated by means of their mother tongue”
On Indian education: • and thus, by incorporating English. he sought to "enrich" the Indian languages so "that they could become vehicles for European scientific, historical, and literary expression“ • Macaulay's preference for the English language was based on his view of the local languages as "poor and rude" and on his belief that the body of writing available in Sanskrit and Arabic was no match for the scholarship available in English. • He famously stated in his "Minute on Indian Education" (1835): "all the historical information which has been collected from all the books written in Sanskrit language is less valuable than what may be found in the most paltry abridgments used at preparatory schools in England."

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Macaulay

  • 1. On Indian education: •After the passing of the Government of India Act 1833. •Macaulay was appointed as the first Law Member of the Governor-General's Council. •He went to India in 1834. Serving on the Supreme Council of India between 1834 and 1838 . •he was instrumental in creating the foundations of bilingual colonial India, by convincing the Governor-General to adopt English as the medium of instruction in higher education. •from the sixth year of schooling onwards, rather than Sanskrit or Persian then used in the institutions supported by the East India Company. •By doing so, Macaulay wanted to "educate a people who cannot at present be educated by means of their mother tongue”
  • 2. On Indian education: • and thus, by incorporating English. he sought to "enrich" the Indian languages so "that they could become vehicles for European scientific, historical, and literary expression“ • Macaulay's preference for the English language was based on his view of the local languages as "poor and rude" and on his belief that the body of writing available in Sanskrit and Arabic was no match for the scholarship available in English. • He famously stated in his "Minute on Indian Education" (1835): "all the historical information which has been collected from all the books written in Sanskrit language is less valuable than what may be found in the most paltry abridgments used at preparatory schools in England."