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.

• A. Only 1, 2 and 3
• B. Only 1, 2 and 4
• C. Only 2, 3 and 4
• D. Only 1, 3 and 4

Answer 1

Answer:

B. Only 1, 2 and 4

🔹Initially, the British East India Company was not concerned with the development of the education system because their prime motive was trading and profit-making. 🔹To rule in India, they planned to educate a small section of upper and middle classes to create a class “Indian in blood and colour but English in taste” who would act as interpreters between the Government and the masses. 🔹This was also called the “downward filtration theory”.