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Charter act of 1813 education
Under British rule, the state system of Education in India found its traces in 1793, when William Wilberforce, the famous British Philanthropist added two clauses to the company’s Charter Act of that year for sending out schoolmasters in India. This was greatly encountered in the council of Directors and it was found necessary to withdraw these clauses from the charter Act. It took still 20 years to gain sufficient support in Britain and finally in 1813 the East India Company was compelled by force of circumstances to accept responsibilities for the education of the Indians when the Charter Act was eventually enhanced with article 43: that a sum of not less than one lac of rupees in each year shall be set apart and applied to the revival and improvement of literature and the encouragement of the learned natives of India, and for the introduction and promotion of a knowledge of the sciences among the inhabitants of the British territories in India.