CHAPTER 4
ANGLO-INDIAN EDUCATION IN THE
TWENTIETH CENTURY
1. Introduction
The purpose of this chapter is two-fold. First, it
describes the dynamics of Anglo-Indian educational
development from 1900-1990, and second, it discusses those
educational politics and policies that helped shape that
educational development.
The argument is that the curriculum offered to Anglo-
Indians at the turn of the century and continuing until
1947 was irrelevant to a proper understanding of India.
After 1947, the increased presence of other groups of
wealthy Indians in Anglo-Indian schools dictated curriculum
outcomes for the Anglo-Indian community which further
disadvantaged them in their own schools. The Anglo-Indians'
apathy and rejection of the school were in sharp contrast
to the Indian's effective commitment to an Anglo-Indian
school's curriculum.
The structure of the chapter is:
(i) British government educational policies and
reports 1900-1947
(ii) Indian government policies and reports 1947-1990
(iii) Anglo-Indian leadership and education
(iv) Conclusions.
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