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Sir Charles Wood, the President of the Board of control, issued an education declaration called the Wood's Despatch in 1854. This document was the first comprehensive plan for the spread of education in India. It presented a broad plan for the later development of the educational system in the country. It gave the East India Company the total responsibility for education in India. It recommended English as the medium of instruction for higher studies and vernaculars at school level. The despatch emphasized the practical benefits of western education which would improve the moral character of Indians. They would become honest, hardworking and committed individuals. Also, Indians would develop British tastes and appreciate and buy British goods. They would also realize the importance of developing the natural resources. · Its recommendations were: · Educating Indians to create educated Indian civil servants · Imparting western knowledge and information about western culture to the Indian people. · To promote the intellectual development and raise the moral character. · It laid stress on female and vocational education. · It recommended a system of grants-in-aid to encourage private enterprise.
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