Question

What was Wood's Despatch ? Explain.

Answer 1

Answer:

When in 1854 he sent a dispatch to Lord Dalhousie, the then Governor-General of India, Wood suggested that primary schools must adopt vernacular languages, high schools must adopt Anglo-vernacular language and at college-level English should be the medium of education. This is known as Wood's despatch.

Purpose: To hasten the development of education in British India

Created: 1854

Commissioned by: President of the Board of Control of India

Answer 2

Answer:

When in 1854 he sent a dispatch to Lord Dalhousie, the then Governor-General of India, Wood suggested that primary schools must adopt vernacular languages, high schools must adopt Anglo-vernacular language and at college-level English should be the medium of education. This is known as Wood's despatch.

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