EDUCATION (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -The Charter Act of 1813 was the first concrete step towards modern education within the country but the foundation of the modern education system in India was laid by Macaulay’s Minutes of 1835. Hence option 2 is correct.

Detailed explanation-2: -On 2 February 1835, British historian and politician Thomas Babington Macaulay presented his ‘Minute on Indian Education’ that sought to establish the need to impart English education to Indian ‘natives’.

Detailed explanation-3: -The English Education Act 1835 was a legislative Act of the Council of India, gave effect to a decision in 1835 by Lord William Bentinck, then Governor-General of the British East India Company, to reallocate funds it was required by the British Parliament to spend on education and literature in India.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Macaulay Minute is named after his famous proposal to promote the English language. In 1835, he proposed that English be taught instead of Arabic, Sanskrit, and Persian in colonial schools in India. Lord Macaulay is credited with introducing the British education system to India.

Detailed explanation-5: -Macaulayism refers to the policy of introducing the English education system to British colonies.