Q. Regarding the progress of female education during the 19th-century reform movement, consider the following statements:
1.The Bethune School, established in 1849, was the first successful outcome of a collaborative effort between Indians and Europeans to provide secular education to girls.
2.Charles Wood’s Despatch of 1854 was the first official British policy document to place significant stress on the necessity of female education in India.
3.In Western India, the Student’s Literary and Scientific Society was the first indigenous body to open schools for girls in Bombay.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
Answer: D
Notes:
Explanation:
- Statement 1: Correct.E.D. Bethune founded it with the support of reformers like Vidyasagar and Dakshinaranjan Mukherjee.
- Statement 2: Correct. It advocated for grants-in-aid to support female education, recognizing it as a state responsibility.
- Statement 3: Correct. Formed by Elphinstone College students (including Dadabhai Naoroji), it was a pioneer in organizing schools for Parsi, Hindu, and Muslim girls.
