The British rulers introduced a new system of education in India chiefly because they wanted to
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(a)Provide a class of office workers for the company
(b)Promote the work of Christian missionaries
(c)Create an awareness of scientific and technical developments
(d)Generate the capacity for self-government
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Class 8Civilising the “Native”, Educating the Nation— NCERT History, Chapter 6. The British in India believed they had a cultural mission to 'civilise the natives', and argued for decades about how Indians should be educated. Orientalists such as…
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