Evaluate the intended and unintended consequences of British educational policies for the Indian society in the colonial period. (Answer in 250 words)

Intended consequences: (1) They wanted to create a strata of guianas who are Indians in blood and British in choices (2) They wanted to create a system called DOWNWARD FILTRATION theory (3) Education not for all, just for a cadre to advance their interest (4) Create a clerical class of Indians — not enough to think on their own but enough to carry British providential mission. Unintended consequences: (1) It exposed Indians to new ideas — Western ideas of freedom, liberty, nationalism, humanism (2) Reformed Indian society — Raja Ram Mohan Roy's influence on western education led to challenge the society's morality (3) It also led to creation of western education — upper-middle class which later became a reservoir of leadership.

Propagate orientalism (Edward Said) — undermine the non-western literature and their people as barbaric/uncivilized. To undermine Indian literature as regressive/unscientific. Unintended consequences: (1) It exposed Indians to new ideas — Western ideas of freedom, liberty, rationalism/humanism — reformed Indian society (2) Raja Ram Mohan Roy's influence on western education led to challenge the society's morality (3) It also led to creation of western education → upper-middle class which later became a reservoir of leadership (4) It also led to revival of Indian heritage — NC Chaudhrakars works on R.G Bhalkars Indian cultural/literary heritage (5) Led to creation of educated, India controlled education society during the Swadeshi movement of 1905-07 — revolution of education was passed — Tagored Shantniketan (6) It libralised the Indian women — Murtulaxmi Reddy, Saagia Naidu, Savitri Kiplain, enrolling in Medicine, Law etc.

— Kiran Kamate · AIR 53