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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.
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