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The ‘Filtration Theory’ in educational policy of India was propagated by
Answer: Option B
Answer: (b)
The ‘Filtration Theory’, in the educational policy of India, was propagated by Lord Macaulay. The British planned to educate a small section of upper and middle classes, thus creating a class who would act as interpreters between the government and masses and would enrich the vernaculars by which knowledge of western sciences and literature would reach the masses.
This was called the ‘Downward Filtration Theory’.
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The ‘Filtration Theory’, in the educational policy of India, was propagated by Lord Macaulay. The British planned to educate a small section of upper and middle classes, thus creating a class who would act as interpreters between the government and masses and would enrich the vernaculars by which knowledge of western sciences and literature would reach the masses.
This was called the ‘Downward Filtration Theory’.
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