please answer this. any genius ? Who was charles wood explain wood's despatch ?
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Actually, it was the Education reforms introducd during the tenure of British governor general Lord Dalhousie (1848 - 1856). Sir Charles Wood, the president of board of control prepared the despatch regarding the Education known as Sir Charles wood's despatch. ... Female education was to be encouraged by the Government.
In 1854, Sir Charles wood, the president of the Board of Control, formulated a scheme of future education in India. It meant to provide a co-ordinated system of education on an all-India basis. This scheme came to be known as the Wood's Despatch (1854).
The main recommendations of the Wood's Despatch were as follows :
1) More primary and secondary schools should be opened in India.
2) Teaching of western education would be the aim of government's education policy.
3) Medium of instruction in higher classes should be in english language.
4) It recommended the process of Teacher's training.
5) It allowed the use of one's mother tongue in educational institutions.
6) It supported the cause of Women Education.
Because of its emphasis on every field of education, the Wood's Despatch came to be known as the Magna Carta of English Education in India.