Wood’s Dispatch

● In 1854, the Court of Directors of the East India Company in London

sent and educational dispatch to the Governor General in India. It
was issued by Charles Wood, the President of the Board of Control
of the Company. It came to be known as Wood's Dispatch.
● Some salient points of this Dispatch are as follows:
● European learning would enable Indians to understand the
advantages of expansion of trade and commerce.
● Indians would understand the importance of development of
resources of the country.
● Learning the European ways of life would change the taste of
Indians and would create the demand for British goods. European
learning would improve the moral character of Indians. This would
help in ensuring a good supply of civil servants who could be
trusted.