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Regarding Wood’s Dispatch, which of the following statements are true

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:

(a)

(a)1 and 2 only

(b)

b)2 and 3 only

(c)

c)1 and 3 only

(d)

d)1, 2 and 3

Answer:

(a)

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Explanation

Main recommedations of Wood’s Dispatch 1.English education will increase moral character in Indian’s mind and thus supply EIC with civil servants whom can be trusted upon 2.An education department was to be set up in every province. Universities on the model of the London university be established in big cities such as Bombay, Calcutta and Madras. 3.At least one government school be opened in every district.Affiliated private schools should be given grant in aid. 4.The Indian natives should be given training in their mother tongue also. Provision was made for a systematic method of education from primary level to the university level. 5.The government should always support education for women. The medium of instruction at the primary level was to be vernacular while at the higher levels it would be English. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wood%27s_despatch