Prelims · 2 Modern India · 2.6 Education and press

2.6.2 Wood's Despatch 1854 and the Hunter Commission 1882

Wood's Despatch of 1854 laid the plan of the modern education system, and the Hunter Commission of 1882 reviewed it and pushed the state to give more care to primary and secondary schools.

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Key terms

  • Wood's Despatch
  • Magna Carta of English education
  • grants-in-aid
  • universities 1857
  • Hunter Commission
  • Indian Education Commission
  • primary education

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