Wood's Dispatch sent by the Court of Directors of the East India Company in 1854 was related to ______.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option 4- Education
- The Wood’s Despatch was introduced by the President of the Board of Control of the British East India Company, Charles Wood in 1854.
- It is known as the Magna Carta of English Education in India.
- The Wood’s Despatch was a formal dispatch to Lord Dalhousie the then Governor-General of India from Charles Wood, suggesting a huge shift to English language use within India.
- It paved the way for using vernacular languages in primary education and the English language in higher education in India.