Which of the following has been described as the Magna Carta of Indian education?

AThe Indian Universities Act, 1904

BHunter Commission report

CSargent Plan

DThe Education Dispatch of 1854 ✓ Correct

Correct answer: (D) The Education Dispatch of 1854

Explanation

The Education Dispatch of 1854, known as Wood's Despatch, is called the Magna Carta of Indian education.

It laid out a graded system from primary schools to universities.

The Indian Universities Act of 1904 tightened control but is not given this title.

The Hunter Commission report reviewed primary and secondary education in 1882.

The Sargent Plan of 1944 proposed a post-war educational scheme.

Wood's Despatch led to the founding of universities at Calcutta, Bombay and Madras in 1857.

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