ICSE Class 8 Answered

In 1835, Lord Macaulay’s Decree on Education condemned the use of South Asian languages and proclaimed that the study of Indian languages was futile because of their alleged primitive nature. Macaulay, who was a Law Member of the Governor-General’s Council, insisted that Indians should be provided with modern Western education and the medium of instruction should be English. Through this, he argued that a class would arise which would act as a bridge between the rulers and the ruled and could be utilised as a source of low-cost manpower for the British administration.