Wood's dispatch is a magna carta of the Indian education?

Answer 1

The East India Company had to renew its Charter after every twenty years. Before renewing the Charter in 1853, the British Parliament constitutes a Selection Committee to enquiry into the Progress of education in India and suggests reform. The suggestions of the Committee were issued as a Charter of Education on July 19, 1854. Charles Wood was the president of the Board of Control. So this is known as Wood's Despatch of 1854.

1)

For the first time the government seriously realised the importance of a well planned education system.

2)

It recommended the creation of a Department of Public Instruction and appointed a Director to head the Department.

3)

It recommended the establishment of both government and indigenous schools to promote mass education.

The Despatch also recommended the establishment of three universities to higher education.

4)

The Despatch encouraged vocational edication and also training for teachers.

5)

The Wood's Despatch recommended the teaching of English and Indian regional languages as well as classical languages like Arabic, Persian and Sanskrit.

Hence He is called the magna carta of the Indian Education.