Explanation:

Wood's Despatch of 1854 was a comprehensive plan for education in India. It explicitly recommended: (A) The establishment of a Department of Public Instruction in each province. (B) The encouragement of private enterprise in education through a system of grant-in-aid. (D) The establishment of universities in Calcutta, Bombay, and Madras on the model of the London University. While the Despatch did recommend the establishment of 'model schools' (which were government schools) in each district as part of a graded system of education, the specific phrasing 'at least one government school be opened in every district' as a universal and prescriptive mandate was not the primary way the Despatch articulated its vision for government involvement. Its focus was on a comprehensive system, including both government and grant-aided private institutions, rather than a strict numerical quota for government schools in every single district. Thus, option C is the least direct or universally mandated recommendation compared to the others.