Question

Q. With reference to Wood’s Despatch of 1854, which of the following statement(s) is/are correct?

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

• A. 1 and 2 only
• B. 2 and 3 only
• C. 1 and 3 only
• D. 1, 2 and 3

Answer 1

The correct option is A 1 and 2 only

Explanation:

Statement 1 is correct: In 1854, Charles Wood prepared a despatch on an educational system for India. Considered the “Magna Carta of English Education in India”, it envisaged that:

• Vernacular languages were to be promoted at primary level.
• Education Department was to set up in every province
• At least one government school to be opened in every district

Statement 2 is correct: Wood’s Despatch of 1854 systematised the hierarchy from vernacular primary schools in villages at the bottom, followed by Anglo-VernacularHigh Schools and an affiliated college at the district level, and affiliating universities in the presidency towns of Calcutta, Bombay and Madras.

Statement 3 is incorrect: It laid stress on the education of women at all levels