mar 16, 1859 - Lord Stanley's Despatch
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Instead of grant-in-Aid, local cess should be levied for funding schools. This led to the reversal of Despatch order on masseducation through the grant in aid.
Stanley’s despatch created dilemma among provincial governments; Bengal, Assam, and Madras attempted improvement of indigenous schools through the grant in Aid and created govt schools as models. Bombay, NWP, Punjab and Coorg neglected indigenous schools.
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Date:
mar 16, 1859
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~ 166 years ago