History & Civics
What were the recommendations of the Wood's Despatch of 1854?
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The recommendations of the wood's Despatch of 1854 were the following:
- It asked the Government of India to take responsibility for the education of the masses.
- The medium of instruction should be vernacular languages at the primary level, followed by Anglo-vernacular (English and local languages) in schools at the middle and high school levels and through the English medium at College and University levels.
- Setting up of universities at Calcutta (Kolkata), Bombay (Mumbai) and Madras (Chennai).
- The aim of education in India was to be the diffusion of European languages.
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