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    Wood's Despatch of 1854 aimed to reform and expand the education system in India. It suggested vernacular languages be used for primary schools, Anglo-vernacular for high schools, and English for colleges. It also stressed vocational and women's education. The goals were to educate Indians to fill civil service roles and impart Western knowledge. After the dispatch, universities were established in Bombay, Madras, and Calcutta, education departments were created, and institutions like agriculture and engineering colleges were founded, leading to rapid westernization and expansion of the education system in India.

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    Wood's Despatch of 1854 aimed to reform and expand the education system in India. It suggested vernacular languages be used for primary schools, Anglo-vernacular for high schools, and English for colleges. It also stressed vocational and women's education. The goals were to educate Indians to fill civil service roles and impart Western knowledge. After the dispatch, universities were established in Bombay, Madras, and Calcutta, education departments were created, and institutions like agriculture and engineering colleges were founded, leading to rapid westernization and expansion of the education system in India.

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    Wood's Despatch of 1854 aimed to reform and expand the education system in India. It suggested vernacular languages be used for primary schools, Anglo-vernacular for high schools, and English for colleges. It also stressed vocational and women's education. The goals were to educate Indians to fill civil service roles and impart Western knowledge. After the dispatch, universities were established in Bombay, Madras, and Calcutta, education departments were created, and institutions like agriculture and engineering colleges were founded, leading to rapid westernization and expansion of the education system in India.

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    PRESENTATION ON

    WOOD’S DESPATCH (1854)

    BY Aashuutosh Mahajan
    Class 8th A
    Roll No 2
    INTRODUCTION
     Sir Charles Wood, the President of the
    Board of Control, had an important
    effect on spreading English learning and
    female education in India.
     When in 1854 he sent a dispatch to
    Lord Dalhousie, the then Governor-
    General of India,
     Wood suggested that primary schools
    must adopt vernacular languages, high
    schools must adopt Anglo-vernacular
    language and at college-level English
    should be the medium of education. This
    is known as Wood's despatch.
     Vocational and women's education were also stressed
    upon.
     One of the most favorable steps taken was to create an
    English class among Indian people to be used as
    workforce in the company's administration
     The British had initiated the best developmental
    activities during this phase as it was the final phase
    where the British brought social reforms. After this
    period their policies tended to become reactionary.
     Wood's Dispatch is called Magna Carta of English
    Education in India.
     It came in July 1854 by Charles Wood
    Main Objective Of The Wood's
    Despatch
     The main objective of the Wood's
    Despatch was to educate Indian people in
    order to create a class of civil servants.
     It also wanted to impart Western knowledge
    and information about Western Culture to the
    Indian people.
    Features of Wood’s Despatch
     Primary Education
     Vernacular languages were to be promoted
     Education Department was to set up in every province
     At least one government school be opened in every district
     Systematic method of education
     Higher Education
     Universities on the model of the London university be established in big cities like
    Bombay, Madras and Calcutta
     Systematic method of education
     Women’s Education
     Promoted female education on all levels
     Hierarchy in education was systemized
     Primary schools in villages (Bottom)
     Anglo-Vernacular High Schools
     Affiliated colleges at district level
     Affiliating universities in the presidency towns
     English Education
     English was made the medium of instruction for higher studies
     Vernacular Education
     Vernacular languages (spoken by the common masses) to be promoted at
    primary level
     Teachers’ training
     Promotion and stress on teachers’ training at all levels
     Secular Education to be promoted
     Grants-in-aid to encourage private enterprise.
    IMPACT OF WOOD’S
    DESPATCH
     Bombay, Madras and Calcutta universities were set up in 1857
     In all provinces, education departments were set up
     Bethune School (founded by J.E.D. Bethune) was started for women
    education
     Agriculture Institute at Pusa (Bihar) and an Engineering Institute at
    Roorkee were started
     British India witnessed rapid westernisation of education system with
    European headmasters and principals in schools and colleges
     Private Indian educators appeared
    After Wood's despatch, several measures were
    taken by East India Company

     Setting up new institutions like the


      University of Calcutta,
     the University of Bombay 
     and the University of Madras in 1857
     as well as the University of the Punjab in 1882
     and the University of Allahabad in 1887
     In all provinces, education departments were set up.
     Promotion of English education
     During this period social reformers played a very important
    role.
     THANKYOU

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