Wood’s despatch introduced education departments, universities, regular inspections, fixed timetables, and annual examinations.
State whether true or false:
(a) James Mill was a severe critic of the Orientalists.
(b) The 1854 Despatch on education was in favour of English being introduced as a medium of higher education in India.
(c) Mahatma Gandhi thought that promotion of literacy was the most important aim of education.
(d) Rabindranath Tagore felt that children ought to be subjected to strict discipline.
The 1854 despatch on education was in favour of English being introduced as a medium of higher education in India. State whether true or false.