The correct answer is 2 only. Key Points Wood's Despatch (1854) - Charles Wood was a British Liberal politician and Member of Parliament who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer and later he became the President of the Board of Control of the East India Company. In 1854 he sent the ―Wood's despatch to the Governor General Lord Dalhousie. Woods Despatch is called Magnacarta of English Education in India. As per this despatch: An education department was to be set in every province. Universities on the model of the London University be established in big cities such as Bombay, Calcutta and Madras. Hence statement 2 is correct. The Indian natives should be given training in their mother tongue and it recommended the extension of vernacular elementary education. Hence, statement 1 is not correct. He rejected the Downward Filtration Theory and asked the Government of India to assume responsibility for the education of the masses. At least one government school be opened in every district. Affiliated private schools should be given grant in aid.