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Wood'sdespatch
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CharlesWood,thePresidentoftheBoardofControloftheEastIndiaCompany,hadanimportanteffect
onspreadingeducationinIndiawhenin1854hesentadespatchtoLordDalhousie,thethenGovernor
GeneralofIndia.[1]

Contents
1Recommendations
2Legacy
3References
4Externallinks

Recommendations
Herecommendedthereinthat:
1. Aneducationdepartmentwastobesetupineveryprovince.
2. UniversitiesonthemodeloftheLondonuniversitybeestablishedinbigcitiessuchasBombay,
CalcuttaandMadras.
3. Atleastonegovernmentschoolbeopenedineverydistrict.
4. Affiliatedprivateschoolsshouldbegivengrantinaid.
5. TheIndiannativesshouldbegiventrainingintheirmothertonguealso.
6. Provisionwasmadeforasystematicmethodofeducationfromprimaryleveltotheuniversity
level.

Legacy
InaccordancewithWood'sdespatch,EducationDepartmentswereestablishedineveryprovinceandthe
UniversityofCalcutta,theUniversityofBombayandtheUniversityofMadrasin1857aswellasthe
UniversityofthePunjabin1882andtheUniversityofAllahabadin1887.

References
1. Wood'sdespatchof1854(http://www.gktoday.in/woodsdespatch/)

Externallinks
WoodDespatch,1854(http://presentationcollege.net/college/PCTE5.pdf)
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Categories: HistoryofeducationinIndia

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