Consider the following statements regarding Western education. Choose the correct Statement.
Statement 1 :Western education was introduced by Britishers to create Indians who would help them in managing British colonialism.
Statement 2:Growth of western education led to the growth of a nationalist and anti-colonial consciousness.

Both the statements are correct.

The correct answer is Option 3: Both the statements are correct.

Statement 1: Western education was introduced by Britishers to create Indians who would help them in managing British colonialism. — Correct. Western education was introduced to create a group of educated Indians who could assist the British administration in carrying out colonial governance.

Statement 2: Growth of western education led to the growth of a nationalist and anti-colonial consciousness. — Correct. Although Western education was introduced to serve colonial interests, it also exposed Indians to ideas of liberty, equality and rights, which contributed to the development of nationalist and anti-colonial thinking.

NCERT: To facilitate the smooth functioning of its rule, colonialism introduced a wide array of changes in every sphere, be it legal or cultural or architectural. Colonialism was a story apart in the very scale and intensity of the changes that it brought about. Some of these changes were deliberate while some took place in an unintended fashion. For example we saw how western education was introduced to create Indians who would manage British colonialism. Instead it led to the growth of a nationalist and anti-colonial consciousness.