Q1. What measures were undertaken by the Company to improve the system of vernacular education?
Q2. How were the views of Tagore and Mahatma Gandhi on the western education different?
1. The company took the following steps to improve the system of vernacular education.
a. Appointment of government pandits to oversee the performance of vernacular pathshalas.
b. Teachers were asked to submit periodic reports and follow a time table.
c. Teachers were asked to teach from regular textbooks and students were required to take exams.
d. Students were required to pay fees and adhere to the rules of discipline.
2. Mahatma Gandhi was entirely against western education. Tagore, on the other hand, wanted to combine the best elements of Western and Indian systems of education.
a. Appointment of government pandits to oversee the performance of vernacular pathshalas.
b. Teachers were asked to submit periodic reports and follow a time table.
c. Teachers were asked to teach from regular textbooks and students were required to take exams.
d. Students were required to pay fees and adhere to the rules of discipline.
2. Mahatma Gandhi was entirely against western education. Tagore, on the other hand, wanted to combine the best elements of Western and Indian systems of education.