Regarding Wood’s Dispatch, which of the following statements are true?1. Grants-in-Aid system was introduced.2. Establishment of universities was recommended.3. English as a medium of instruction at all levels of education was recommended.Select the correct answer using the code given below:
✓ Correct answer: a) 1 and 2 only
ExplanationWood’s Dispatch (1854) is known as the Magna Carta of English Education in India.Under this government was to take up the responsibility for the Education of masses.It provided for hierarchy of Educational Institutions i.e. three tier education system.It also emphasised on Female, Vocational Education and teachers’ training.The Dispatch proposed secular education in Government Institutions.Statement 1 is correct : The Despatch advocated for the introduction of a Grants-in-Aid system to encourage private and missionary enterprises in education.Under this scheme, financial assistance was provided to educational institutions that met certain standards thereby promoting the expansion and improvement of education.Statement 2 is correct : It systematised the hierarchy from vernacular primary schools in villages at bottom, followed by Anglo-Vernacular High 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: The Woods Dispatch recommended English as the Medium of Instruct
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