Provisions of Wood’s Despatch 1854

Elementary Education 

• Vernacular dialects were to be promoted.
• An education department was to be set up in each state.
• Somewhere around one government school be opened in each region or district.

Advanced Education

• Universities on the model of the London University be laid out in huge urban areas like Bombay, Madras, and Calcutta.
• The efficient and systematic strategy of education.

Female education

• Promoted women’s education at all levels.

Order in schooling was systemized

• Elementary Schools in Villages.
• Anglo-Vernacular High schools.
• Subsidiary colleges at the area level.
• Affiliating universities in the administration towns.

English

• English was made the medium for college-level education.

Vernacular Education

• The Indian locals ought to be given preparation in their first language moreover.

Wood’s Despatch Act was a policy document issued in 1854 by Sir Charles Wood, who was in charge of the East India Company. It aimed to create a system of education in India that would produce people who could help the British government manage the country more effectively. This policy established schools, colleges, and universities across India, with a focus on teaching subjects like English and modern topics. It emphasized the importance of education in promoting social and economic development. Overall, the Wood’s Despatch Act played a significant role in shaping modern education in India and its impact is still felt today in the country’s education policies and institutions.