Name: Establishing an Education Policy: Wood’s Despatch
Uploaded: 2019-07-19
Duration: 6 min 8 s
Description: How did British officials work towards aligning an education policy that favoured European learning, ultimately helping them in all respects?

Question

What were the educational guidelines laid down by Wood's Despatch?

Accepted Answer

The Wood's Despatch laid down some educational guidelines for the expansion of western education.

i) For spreading education from primary up to the university level, provisions were made. Thus, it required the establishment of schools, colleges, and universities. Three universities were set up in Calcutta, Bombay, Madras.

ii) At the Primary level medium of instruction to be vernacular, but English would be the medium of instruction at a higher level.

iii) Education departments were to be established in all provinces to supervise education and provide financial aid to the educational institutions in the province.

iv) Institutions for training and teacher recruitment were to be established all over the country.

What were the educational guidelines laid down by Wood's Despatch?

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