शिक्षणाचा 'मॅग्नाकार्टा' कशाला म्हणत असत ?

The correct answer is Option D (Woods' Dispatch).

Key Points:
• Wood's Educational Despatch of 1854:
• Issued in July 1854 by Sir Charles Wood (President of the Board of Control of the East India Company) to Governor-General Lord Dalhousie, it formulated the first comprehensive blueprint for education in India.
• Key Recommendations:
• 1. Established a graded educational hierarchy from primary schools (vernacular medium) to high schools (Anglo-vernacular) and colleges (English medium).
• 2. Recommended the establishment of universities on the model of London University at Calcutta, Bombay, and Madras (established in 1857).
• 3. Created a dedicated Department of Public Instruction (DPI) in every province.
• 4. Introduced the Grants-in-Aid system for private educational institutions and promoted teacher training and female education.
• Because of its all-encompassing structural reforms, it is widely revered as the 'Magna Carta of English Education in India'.
• Key Takeaway: Wood's Despatch (1854) is known as the 'Magna Carta of Indian Education' as it structured modern education from primary to university level.