The Wood's Despatch first throws light on the aims and objectives of the educational policy of the Company in India.
Wood suggested that primary schools must adopt vernacular languages, high schools must adopt Anglo-vernacular language and at the college-level English should be the medium of education. This is known as Wood's despatch.
His main objective is to impart Western knowledge and information about western culture to the Indians.
The Despatch recommended the establishment of universities in the three Presidency towns of Calcutta, Bombay, and Madras.
The universities were to be modeled after London University. The universities were to organize departments not only in English but also in Arabic, Sanskrit, and Persian, as well as law and civil engineering.
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