Question

The English Education Act was introduced in the year
(A) 1850
(B) 1835
(C) 1910
(D) 1900

Answer 1

Hint: An act is a document that records a fact or something expressed, done, or agreed upon. Acts are usually written legal documents with probative and executory value. Legislative proposals are presented in the form of a bill to either house of India's Parliament. A bill is a draught of a legislative proposal that becomes an act of Parliament after being passed by both houses of Parliament and assented to by the President.

Complete answer:
The education Act was introduced in the year 1835. Lord William Bentinck, then Governor-General of the British East India Company, decided in 1835 to reallocate funds needed by the British Parliament to spend on education and literature in India, and the Act of the Council of India gave effect to his decision.

They had previously provided very minimal support for traditional Muslim and Hindu education, as well as the dissemination of literature in India's then-traditional languages of learning (Sanskrit and Persian); they were to assist establishments that taught a Western curriculum using English as the medium of instruction going forward.

Macaulay believed in the supremacy of the western learning. He held the views that English should be the only medium of education in India. This was making English the language of the nation, it was no more native language of its foreign rulers.

Vernacular language instruction, on the other hand, continued to get little money, despite the fact that it had never had any support before 1835.

Thus the correct answer is option ‘B’.

Note: The English Education Act of 1835 has three distinct features:
- English should be used as a medium of instruction in higher education.
- To stop promoting oriental schools like the Calcutta Madrasa and the Benaras Sanskrit College.
- Incorporate English textbooks into school curriculum.