Minute on Indian Education
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The Minute on Indian Education is an 1835 policy document by Thomas Babington Macaulay that argued for promoting English-language education and Western curricula in colonial India, profoundly shaping the subcontinent’s modern educational system.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Minute on Indian Education canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
colonial policy document
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education policy document ⓘ historical document ⓘ |
| aimedTo |
create a class of English-educated Indians
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establish Western curricula in Indian education ⓘ promote English-language education in India ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | British India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Thomas Babington Macaulay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Governor-General William Bentinck NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticizedFor |
cultural imperialism
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promoting Anglicization of Indian elites ⓘ undermining indigenous education systems ⓘ |
| date | 1835 ⓘ |
| documentForm | memorandum ⓘ |
| famousPassage | “a class of persons, Indian in blood and colour, but English in taste, in opinions, in morals and in intellect” ⓘ |
| field |
colonial administration
ⓘ
education policy ⓘ |
| followedBy | expansion of English-medium schools in India ⓘ |
| hadLongTermEffectOn |
formation of English-educated Indian elite
ⓘ
modern Indian education system ⓘ spread of English language in India ⓘ |
| hasAuthorOccupation |
historian
ⓘ
politician ⓘ |
| hasAuthorPosition | Law Member of the Governor-General’s Council in India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalContext | British colonial rule in India ⓘ |
| implementedBy | English Education Act 1835 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | English Education Act 1835 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| justifiedBy | Macaulay’s belief in superiority of Western literature and science ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Western education
ⓘ
education in colonial India ⓘ language policy ⓘ |
| opposed |
state support for traditional Arabic and Persian education
ⓘ
state support for traditional Sanskrit education ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin | Calcutta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| policyType |
education policy
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language policy ⓘ |
| precededBy | Orientalist educational policies in India ⓘ |
| presentedTo | Supreme Council of India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| proposedBy | Thomas Babington Macaulay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Anglicist–Orientalist controversy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Macaulayism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supported | use of English as medium of instruction ⓘ |
| targetAudience | British colonial administrators ⓘ |
| targetPopulation | Indian subjects of the British Empire ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| yearOfCreation | 1835 ⓘ |
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