What were the major recommendations of wood's Despatch?
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1. Government’s acceptance of educational responsibility: The Despatch for the first time clearly accepted that the responsibility of education in India lies on British Government.
2. Aims of education: The Despatch defined the aim of education keeping in view the interests of Indians and British rule. Education is to raise intellectual fitness and moral character of Indians. At the same time, it was to prepare them to become supporters of British rule in India.
3. Oriental languages: The Despatch emphasized the importance of Oriental languages. Mr. Wood had recognized the usefulness of Sanskrit, Arabic and Persian and recommended them as subjects of study in regular institutions. Like Macaulay, he also recognized the usefulness of western knowledge for Indians.
4. Medium of instruction: The Despatch recommended that owing to the shortage of books in Indian languages, the medium of instruction should be English. But English should be needed for those people who have proper knowledge and taste for English and are able to understand European knowledge through this language. For other Indian languages should be used.
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major recommendations of wood's Despatch
1. establishment of a network of graded schools-high schools, middle schools and the elementary schools
2. promotion of English education and discouragement of vernacular schools
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