I was going through a book on History of American education
system and how it was designed to make people the slaves of the
state and ruling elites. There were remarkable similarities
between the build of American system and our own system based on
Lord Macaulay’s ideas. Here are Lord Macaulay’s reported views
expressed on 2nd February 1835(See below regarding the quote):
“I have travelled across the length and breadth of India and I
have not seen one person who is a beggar, who is a thief. Such
wealth I have seen in this country, such high moral values,
people of such caliber, that I do not think we would ever
conquer this country, unless we break the very backbone of this
nation, which is her spiritual and cultural heritage, and,
therefore, I propose that we replace her old and ancient
education system, her culture, for if the Indians think that all
that is foreign and English is good and greater than their own,
they will lose their self-esteem, their native culture and they
will become what we want them, a