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PM on Macaulay’s 1835 Education Policy
November 21 , 2025
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- At the Sixth Ramnath Goenka Lecture in 2025, the Prime Minister spoke about the impact of Thomas Macaulay’s Minute of 1835 on India’s education system.
- This policy introduced English education and shifted funds fully towards European literature and science.
- The policy ordered the closure of Oriental colleges and ended government support for traditional Indian learning.
- Macaulay’s “Downward Filtration Theory” aimed to educate only a small elite who would pass knowledge to the masses.
- PM stated that this approach weakened India’s native knowledge traditions and shaped colonial education for many decades.
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