wood's despatch in 1854 and its recommendations

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Sir Charles Wood, the President of the Board of Control, had an important effect on spreading English learning and female education in India. In 1854 he sent a dispatch to Lord Dalhousie, the then Governer 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. Vocational and women's education were also stressed upon.Wood's Dispatch is called Magna Carta of English Education in India.It came in July 1854, when Sir Charles Wood was the President of the Board of Control

His Recommendations are

1. English education will enhance the moral character of Indians and thus supply EIC with civil servants who can be trusted.
2. An education department was to be set up in every province.
3. Universities on the model of the London university be established in big cities such as Bombay, Calcutta and Madras.
4. At least one governmenr school sould  be opened in every district  .
5. Affiliated private schools should be given grant in aid.
6. The Indian natives should be given training in their mother tongue  also.
7. Provision was made for a systematic method of education from primary level to the university level.
8. The government should support education for women.
9. The medium of instruction at the primary level was to be vernacular while at the higher levels it would be English.
10. Promotion and stress on teachers’ training at all levels.

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