Wood's Despatch
• In 1854, Charles Wood prepared a despatch on an educational system for India.
• Considered as the “Magna Carta of English Education in India”, this document was the first comprehensive plan for the spread of education in India.
• It recommended English as the medium of instruction for higher studies and vernaculars at the school level.
• It laid stress on female and vocational education, and on teachers’ training.
• It laid down that the education imparted in government institutions should be secular.
• It recommended a system of grants-in-aid to encourage private enterprise.
• In 1854, Charles Wood prepared a despatch on an educational system for India.
• Considered as the “Magna Carta of English Education in India”, this document was the first comprehensive plan for the spread of education in India.
• It recommended English as the medium of instruction for higher studies and vernaculars at the school level.
• It laid stress on female and vocational education, and on teachers’ training.
• It laid down that the education imparted in government institutions should be secular.
• It recommended a system of grants-in-aid to encourage private enterprise.
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