Anglicist Movement Presentation 2.ppsx

Anglicists And Education System Of
Sub-continent
When and why Anglicism movement
started?
• In pre-British days Hindus and Muslims were
educated through Pathsala and Madrassa
respectively.
• Previously Britishers showed no interest in
advancement of learning in the first stage of
their rule in India.
• As the time passed, East India company
adopted several strategies to prolong their
rule. one of these strategies was literary
strategy or education system of subcontinent.
Anglicists
• People who wanted to promote Western Education in India
which supported English as a medium of instruction were
called anglicists.
• Anglicists were influenced by the philosophy of
utilitarianism espoused by James Mill (the father of John
Stuart
• they also called for English to replace Persian as the
language of higher education and administration in India
• Major contributions by following people:
 Thomas Babington Macaulay
 Raja Rammohan Roy
 Alexander Duff
 Charles Trevelyan
 Mountstuart Elphinstone
• Personal Endeavour
At that time by the attempt of few liberal Indians and
foreigners non-government schools were founded to
spread English education. Out of them most memorable
were Raja Rammohan Roy, Raja Radhakanta Deb,
Tejchandra Rai Bahadur of Burdwan
Raja Rammohan Roy was the father of modern India. By
his own endeavor he established Anglo Hindu School in
1815 A.D.
By personal endeavor two English schools were founded in
Chinsurah (1800 A.D.) and Bhawanipur (1848 A.D). Few
energetic Indians and high-minded English civilians
came forward to establish Hindu College in Calcutta in
the year 1817 A.D. This is now the famous Presidency
College.
Macaulay minute
• During the rule of Lord William Bentinck (1828-1835 A.D.)
there was change in government’s education policy. He
appointed Thomas Babington Macaulay, a renowned
educationist, the chairman of the Committee of Public
Instruction
• Macaulay learnt that traditional education system in India
made Indians attached to their own tradition, culture and
rituals. But since that meant useless for colonial rule, he
thought of changing the educational system in India. British
India was in need of people who can do clerical jobs.
• Macaulay presented a proposal of advancement of English

education on Feb. 2, 1835 A.D
• This was known as Macaulay minutes.
Major points of Macaulay minutes
• He expressed his strong opinion in favor of English education, as he
thought that oriental culture was defective, unholy and corrupted.
• In his proposal he said that, "a single shelf of a good European
library was worth the whole native literature of India and
Arabia.” Practically, this opinion was the result of his complete
ignorance and blind nationalism.
• He thought that it would be better to give proper teaching to a
small number of upper and middle-class students as a law of
infiltration it would reach to more number of people. This law was
known as infiltration theory.
• He wrote in his minute, “We must do our best to form a class who
may be interpreters between us and the millions, whom we govern,
a class of persons, Indian in “blood and colour, but English in taste,
in opinions, in morals and in intellect. To that class we may leave it
to refine the vernacular dialects of the country.” He wanted to
create a good number of black Europeans who would support the
British government.
Approval of government and
implementation of Macaulay minutes
 Lord William Bentinck, the then Governor-General of India, approved
Macaulay's Minute and on 7th March 1835 passed a resolution declaring
that, “His Lordship in Council is of opinion that, the great object of the
British Government ought to be the promotion of European literature and
science among the natives of India and that all the fund appropriated for
the purpose of education would be best employed on English education
alone.”
 It was in the same year (1835 A.D.) Calcutta Medical College and
Elphinstone College at Bombay were established.
 the printing of English books was made free and these were widely
available in markets at very low prices
 Under this system, Persian was abolished as the court language. On its
place, English language was made the court language
 This system clearly stated that Western Education has to be promoted in
India through the medium of English language alone
 During the time of Lord Auckland (1836-1842 A.D.) government
sanctioned more money for propagating Anglicized education.

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