INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In 1854 he sent a despatch to Lord Dalhousie, the then Governor-General of India. Wood’s despatch suggested that primary schools must Adopt vernacular languages. Through the despatch, he also suggested that high schools use anglo-vernacular medium and that English should be the medium for college-level education.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Wood’s Dispatch, for the first time, recommended the creation of a Department of Public Instruction in each of the five provinces of Bengal, Bombay, Madras, Punjab and the North Western province. For higher education, a scheme to establish universities was formulated along with total organizational set up.

Detailed explanation-3: -(b) The 1854 Despatch on education was in favour of English being introduced as a medium of higher education in India. (c) Mahatma Gandhi thought that promotion of literacy was the most important aim of education. (d) Rabindranath Tagore felt that children ought to be subjected to strict discipline.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Wood’s Despatch was a formal dispatch to Lord Dalhousie the then Governor-General of India from Charles Wood, suggesting a huge shift to English language use within India. It paved the way for the usage of vernacular languages in primary education and that of the English language in higher education in India.