sentences:  The focus of conflict between the conservatives and progressives initially centred on one view that female education as preparatory for marriage and the other view that women should be educated on the same basis and to same levels as men.David Kopf writes, "Miss Akroyd played a leading part in this debate, sarcastically distinguishing Keshub, the rhetorician of women’s liberation in England from Keshub, the typical Hindu male keeping knowledge from the minds of women… Keshub tried to convince Miss Akroyd, Ghosh and Sastri that he was progressive, but at the same time wary of radical change.’’ Miss Akroyd lost faith in Keshub’s ‘go slow’ policies.Sen countered with a warning about denationalised female education in Bengal and anglicized curriculum.