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

Correct Option

Statements 1 and 2 are correct regarding Wood's Dispatch (1854).

• Wood's Dispatch introduced the Grants-in-Aid system. This system aimed to encourage private educational institutions by providing financial assistance, thereby expanding educational opportunities.
• The Dispatch recommended the establishment of universities in Calcutta, Bombay, and Madras. These institutions were to be modelled on the University of London.

Incorrect Options

Statement 3 is incorrect.

• Wood's Dispatch did not recommend English as the medium of instruction at all levels of education. It advocated for vernacular languages at the primary and secondary levels to promote mass education. English was recommended as the medium of instruction specifically for higher education.
• The promotion of English as the medium of instruction at all levels is primarily associated with Macaulay's Minute of 1835, not Wood's Dispatch.