INDIAN HISTORY

HISTORY

MODERN INDIA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What had the Sir Charles Wood Despatch of 1854 primarily dealt with?
A
Social reforms
B
Administrative reforms
C
Educational reforms
D
Political consolidation
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -It primarily dealt with educational reforms. It recommended that the existing Board of Control for Education be abolished and the office of the Director of Public Instructions should be established in the states.

Detailed explanation-2: -1) It made a provision for separading education from primary up to the university level. 2) Departments of education world to be set up in all the provines. They were expected to supervise education and provide financial aid to various Educational Institutes in the province.

Detailed explanation-3: -Wood’s Despatch-Objectives To provide Indians with Western knowledge and information about Western culture. To educate Indian natives in order to create a class of public servants. To encourage intellectual development while also improving the moral character of the next generation.

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