1. TEACHING COMMITTEES IN INDIA – Post
Independence
University Education Commission (1949)
Secondary Education Commission (1953)
UGC- University Grants Commission (1953)
NCERT- National Council of Educational Research
and Training (1961)
The Kunzru Committee (1964)
The Kothari Commission (1964)
The Committee for National Policy on Education
(1968)
The committee on 10+2+3 (1977)
By: Ruchira K
2. University Education Commission (November
1948)
• Chairman Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan
• Other members were Zakir Hussain, Meghnad Saha,
Lakshmanaswami Mudaliar
• Main Recommendations
To teach that life has meaning, to develop wisdom
To train for democracy, self development
To improve vocational and professional training
To hire the teaching staff only on the grounds of merit
Admission to university only after intermediate course
Increasing working days to 180 in a year
Prescribing good books
Giving Post-Graduate Training and resources for research
3. Secondary Education Commission (September 1952)
• Chairman Dr. Lakshamanswami Mudaliar
• 4 Aims of SEC
Democratic Citizenship
Improving Vocational Efficiency
Personality development
Education for leadership
• Secondary education should be given to children between 11-17 Years
Junior High School – 3 Years
High School – 4 Years
4. University Grants Commission (December 1953)
• Established by Shri Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad
• UGC is responsible for coordinating, determining and
maintaining standards of higher education
• Aims of the UGC are:
Framing regulations
Disbursing grants to the universities and colleges
Granting temporary or permanent affiliation to colleges
It is a link that connects the union and the state
government
Promoting research and development in higher education
5. NCERT-National Council of Educational Research and
training (July 1961)
• An autonomous organization established by the government to assist the
central and state governments on policies and programmes for qualitative
improvement in school education
• It provides textbooks , supplementary material, newsletters, journals and
develops educational kits
• The schooling is for 12 Year in which the higher secondary focuses on 5
major subjects
• The Kunzru Committee (1964)
• Chairman – Hariday Nath Kunzru
• Committee for coordinating the field of physical education, recreation and
youth welfare
• They offered physical training, combat training, gymnastics, dance, major
games during school hours.
• They scouted and guided students
• They were the initiators of the NCC committee on 29th Sept 1966
6. The Kothari Commission (July 1964)
• This committee was appointed by the government of India to
overhaul the Indian Education sector
• Chairman was Daulat Singh Kothari
• Main Objectives:
To provide policies and guidelines for the development of
education in India
To find, evolve and examine a general pattern of education in
India
• 23 recommendations such as defects in the existing system, A
fixed curriculum, Vocational education, 3 Language formula,
Distance education, Adult and Women education , etc.
7. Committee on National Policy of Education (1968)
• Proposed equal educational opportunities to get national integration and
greater cultural and economic development
• Compulsory education to all children up to 14 Years
• Specialized training and qualification of teachers
• 3 Language Formula with a focus on the regional language
• Encouraged teaching Sanskrit
Committee on 10+2+3 (1977)
• 10 Years in School, 2 Years in Junior College, 3 Years in Graduation UG
Degree
• Before this India had 4 patterns of leaving exams 10+2+3, 10+2+2+2, 11+3,
12+1+3
• This policy brought uniformity in the schooling system, ensured mobility across
states, comparability with the rest of the world.
