UPSC Previous Year Question | Prelims GS | 2018

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:

  1. 1 and 2 only
  2. 2 and 3 only
  3. 1 and 3 only
  4. 1, 2 and 3

Answer

Correct Answer

1 and 2 only

Explanation

Wood's Dispatch (1854) introduced the grants-in-aid system and recommended universities at Calcutta, Bombay and Madras. It did not recommend English at all levels: vernacular was to be the medium at lower levels, with English at higher levels.

Topics: education under british rule, history, modern india, wood's dispatch 1854