Delhi Police Constable Exam Model Paper 5

Sir Charles Wood's despatch on education was a milestone in India's History.

• It was introduced to spread the English learning and female education in India.
• Wood's despatch was a part of the educational reforms introduced by Lord Dalhousie.
• Wood's sent a dispatch to Lord Dalhousie in 1854.

Wood's despatch suggested that:

• Primary schools must adopt vernacular languages.
• High schools must adopt the Anglo-vernacular language.
• College-level English should be the medium of education.

Wood's Dispatch is well known as the Magna Carta of English education in India.

The important measures taken after the despatch are:

• Setting up new institutions like the University of Calcutta, Bombay, and Madras in 1857.
• Setting up of university of the Punjab in 1882.
• Setting up of the University of Allahabad in 1887.
• Promotion of English education.
• Education departments were set up In all provinces.