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1. INDIAN EDUCATION COMMISSION
KOTHARI COMMISSION (1964-66).
PREPARED BY VIPIN KUMAR SHUKLA

2. (INTRODUCTION)
• National education commission (1964-66) popularly
known as “ Kothari Commission.
• Daulat Singh Kothari (6 July 1906- 4feb 1993) was an
Educationist).
• He was appointed as the chairman of UGC in the year
(1961) were he worked till (1973).
• He was the chairman of Indian education commission of
(1964-66) popularly known as Kothari Commission.

3. Contd….
• It was the first (AD-HOC) commission set up in India
for the modernization and standardization of
education in India.
• The most urgent reform needed in education is to
transform it, relate it to the life, needs and aspirations
of the people and thereby to make it a powerful tool
of social, economic and cultural transformations
necessary for realization of our national goal.

4. Contd….
• For this purpose education should be developed as to
increase the productivity achieve social and National
Integration.
• It also accelerate the pace of modernization and to
build the character by cultivation, social, moral and
spiritual value.

5. RECOMMENDTIONS OF
KOTHARI COMMISSION (1964-66)
• Curricular Improvement.
• Educational Structure.
• Equalization of Educational opportunity.
• Educational and National objectives.
• It divided into two parts:
• a) Increasing the productivity.
• b) Achieving social and National Integration.

6. Contd…..
• Increasing the productivity:
• Science education- Work experience, Application of
science to productive process and Vocationlization.
• Achieving Social and National Integration:
• Common school system, Social and National service,
Development of an appropriate language policy.

7. Contd…..
• Accelerating the pace of modernization.
• Cultivating Social, Moral and Spiritual value.
• Improvements in methods of teaching.
• Quality of books.
• Teacher education.
• Status of teacher.
• Better school building.
• Development of talent.
• Establishment of school complex.
• Guidance and counseling.
• Evaluation.
• Identification of gifted talent.

8. Contd….
• Administration and Supervision.
• Adult education.
• Correspondence courses.
• Education of Physically handicapped and Backward
children's.
• Pre-Primary education.
• The Indian education services.

9. MERITS OF KOTHARI COMMISSION
• Kothari commission report was masterly piece of
work on all aspect of Indian Education.
• The Commission presented a comprehensive report of
educational problems in the context to national needs
and aspirations.
• The Commission made a realistic approach to link
education to the Socio-Economic, Cultural and
Spiritual aspect of Indian Life.
• The Commission recommended reasonable and
respectable scales of pay to all categories of teachers
subject to periodical revision.

10. DEMERITS OF KOTHARI
COMMISSION
• The position of head of the school was left undecided
by the commission.
• The Commission committed a mistake in placing
Sanskrit on a par with Arabic.
• The views of commission on medium of the
instruction was not only conflicting but also
controversial.