Education of Indians had become a topic of interest among East India Company officials from the outset of the Company’s rule in Bengal.[65] In the last two decades of the 18th century and the first decade of the nineteenth‚ Company officials pursued a policy of conciliation towards the native culture of its new dominion‚ especially in relation to education policy.[65] . During the 19th century‚ the Indian literacy rates were rumoured to be less than half of post independence levels which were 18
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THE BRITISH EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM. The basic features of the British educational system are the same as they are anywhere else in Europe. There are three recognized stages‚ with children moving from the first stage (primary) to the second stage (secondary) at around the age of 11. The third (tertiary) stage is ‘further’ education at university or college. British children start compulsory education at the age of five. Very young children‚ ususally 3 or 4 years old go to nursery school. Nursery
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British Rule and Colonial Interest The arrival of the British in India was marked by the spice trade during the period of the European exploration in the 1600s. Through trade and export‚ European powers found their way to India. The British‚ particularly‚ were drawn to India’s wealth‚ it’s markets and growing population. Their eventual involvement led to the establishment of the East India Company in 1757. The company introduced measures towards western education‚ modern transportation‚ goods and
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Paper II Topic: Post-Colonial Indian English Drama India has the longest and the richest tradition in drama. During the age of the Vedic Aryans‚ drama was performed in a simple way. Different episodes from the Ramayana‚ the Mahabharata‚ and the Bhagavad-Gita were enacted out in front of people. When Britishers came in India‚ the crippled Indian drama regained its strength
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The maturity of the political system in Britain has gradually shaped the British community. Britain at present is considered to be a Liberal Democratic state and one main component is the capacity of the government to conduct an election to allow the people to voice their needs in the national level. Election is the heart or the core of a democratic state ‚ removing this would deprive the people of their right. After five years or if the Parliament was dissolved by the Queen with of course the
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Why the UKs election system is better suited at representing the people. The United States of America and Great Britain are bot considered to be great Democracies. A democracy is a form of government in which people choose leaders by voting‚ and a fundamental principle of democracy is citizen participation. Citizens have the right to vote‚ but they must also accept the results of the election‚ whether they agree with the outcome or not. In a democratic society‚ they also try to prevent the government
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significant factors that drove colonials to oppose British rule and rebelled against the British rule because the colonials didn’t support or like the idea of British imposing a huge amount of taxation on everything It all started‚ after the French and Indian War or the seven War that take place between 1756-1763. They were in a lot of debts‚ they taxed the colonies and because the government needed money to cover the costs of the French and Indian War. First‚ British increased their regulation of
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mission‚ tiring himself. Every night‚ he stays up late perfecting himself to “renew” the cans and thinking how to persuade Sam drink Zeeper. He misses his usual morning exercises; he loses his appetite after eating burgers and drinking Cokes during the nights; he doesn’t get enough sleeping hours. He loses his concentration and skips warming up and cooling down exercises during training just to check how Sam has weakened. After two weeks‚ Sam’s records falls a little but James’ records falls down to
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Africa. Apartheid of India is ‘Casteism’. So‚ is India a replica of South African apartheid? Certainly not. The South African natives were segregated on the basis of laws‚ made by men in authority‚ which were later dismantled by human efforts‚ again by men in authority. But in India‚ the discriminatory nature of class as well as race is duly recognised by the Constitution but not practised as the men in authority here are not distinct. Hence‚ the apartheid between Bharat and India is beyond the reach
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Singapore was named as British Malaya which was British’s territories. During occupation of British in British Malaya‚ British government placed all the states under 3 different administrative system‚ which is Straits Settlement‚ the Federated Malay States and Un-federated Malay States. Strait Settlement been founded in 1826 when after British secured Singapore from Dutch through a treaty called “Anglo-Dutch Treaty 1824”. British unified Singapore‚ Penang and Melaka under this administrative and
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