Modern history

Concepts to cover

1. Calcutta Madrasa 1781 by Warren Hastings, Sanskrit College Benares 1791 by Jonathan Duncan, Asiatic Society 1784, Fort William College 1800 by Wellesley to train civilians
2. One lakh clause of 1813, General Committee of Public Instruction 1823, Orientalist-Anglicist debate, Macaulay's Minute and Bentinck's 1835 resolution
3. Wood's Despatch: grants-in-aid, universities at Calcutta, Bombay and Madras 1857, vernacular at lower levels and English at higher, teacher training, women's education
4. Hunter Commission: primary education to local bodies, secondary literary and vocational streams, encouragement to women's education
5. Raleigh Commission 1902 and Indian Universities Act 1904 tightening official control
6. Sadler 1917-19, Hartog 1929, Wardha scheme of basic education 1937 and Sargent Plan 1944
7. Colonial education: downward filtration, restricted mass and female education, scientific and technical neglect, and administrative priorities