On the Education of the People of IndiaExcerpt from On the Education of the People of India The subject was however regarded at that time in India with so much apathy, that no measures were adopted to fulfil the intentions of the British legislature till 1823. On the 17th of July in that year the governor general in council resolved, that there should be constituted a gene ral committee of public instruction for the purpose of ascertaining the state of public education, and of the public institutions designed for its promotion, and of considering, and from time to time sub mitting to government, the suggestion of such measures as it may appear expedient to adopt with a view to the better instruction of the people, to the introduction among them of useful knowledge, and to the improvement of their moral character. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. |
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... youth of India , instead of being trained to observe it , shall be led by the daily habit of their lives to disregard it . All we have to do is to bring them together , to impress the same charac- ter on them , and to leave the yielding ...
... youth of India , instead of being trained to observe it , shall be led by the daily habit of their lives to disregard it . All we have to do is to bring them together , to impress the same charac- ter on them , and to leave the yielding ...
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... we are , in intellectual wealth , could we venture even now to tell our youth that they have no longer occa- sion to seek for nourishment from the stores of the Latin , Greek , French , German , Spanish THE PEOPLE OF INDIA . 41.
... we are , in intellectual wealth , could we venture even now to tell our youth that they have no longer occa- sion to seek for nourishment from the stores of the Latin , Greek , French , German , Spanish THE PEOPLE OF INDIA . 41.
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... youth was drawn away from the camp to the college , when the armies of the faithful presumed to read and reflect . Yet the foolish vanity of the Greeks was jealous of their studies , and reluctantly imparted the sacred fire to the ...
... youth was drawn away from the camp to the college , when the armies of the faithful presumed to read and reflect . Yet the foolish vanity of the Greeks was jealous of their studies , and reluctantly imparted the sacred fire to the ...
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... youth of such a nation would seem to be a tolerably straightforward one . But though , for the college in Calcutta , ( not Bishop's College , remember , but the Sanskrit , or Hindu College , ) an expensive set of instruments has been ...
... youth of such a nation would seem to be a tolerably straightforward one . But though , for the college in Calcutta , ( not Bishop's College , remember , but the Sanskrit , or Hindu College , ) an expensive set of instruments has been ...
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... youth with grammatical niceties and metaphysical distinctions of little or no practical use to the possessors or to society . The pupils will there acquire what was known two thousand years ago , with the addition of vain and empty ...
... youth with grammatical niceties and metaphysical distinctions of little or no practical use to the possessors or to society . The pupils will there acquire what was known two thousand years ago , with the addition of vain and empty ...
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Page 22 - Oriental works ; his Lordship in Council directs that no portion of the funds shall hereafter be so employed. 4th — His Lordship in Council directs that all the funds which these reforms will leave at the disposal of the Committee be henceforth employed in imparting to the native population a knowledge of English literature and science through the medium of the English language...
Page 13 - 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 funds appropriated for the purpose of education would be best employed on English education alone.
Page 70 - If it had been intended to keep the British nation in ignorance of real knowledge, the Baconian philosophy would not have been allowed to displace the system of the schoolmen, which was the best calculated to pei,petuate ignorance. In the same manner the Sanskrit system of education would be the best calculated to keep this country in darkness, if such had been the policy of the British legislature.
Page 97 - ... a sum of not less than one lac of rupees in each year shall be set apart and applied to the revival and improvement of literature, and the encouragement of the learned natives of India, and for the introduction and promotion of a knowledge of the sciences among the inhabitants of the British territories in India...