The Kothari Commission report from 1964-1966 made several major recommendations to reform and improve India's education system. The Commission recommended establishing a national education system with 10 years of general education followed by 2 years of higher secondary education and 3 years of university education. It also recommended improving teaching methods, the curriculum, evaluation systems, and increasing the focus on vocational education, adult education, and the use of new technologies like distance learning. The reforms aimed to increase productivity, promote social and national integration, accelerate modernization, and strengthen democratic values and Indian culture. As a result of the Commission's recommendations, India restructured its education system and improved many aspects of teaching and learning.

1. MAJOR
RECCOMMENDATIONS
OF KOTHARI
COMMISSION
PRESENTER NAME:
STEFI GRACE S J
ROLL NO:99

2. KOTHARI COMMISSION:
(1964-1966)
Kothari Commission is
popularly known as INDIAN
EDUCATION COMMISSION
set up by the government
of India under the
Chairmanship of
Dr . D. S. Kothari

3. The opening sentence of the
report:
“The destiny of India is being
shaped in the classroom”

4. AIM:
To evolve a general pattern
of education and to advice
guidelines and policies for the
government of education in
India

5. MAJOR RECCOMMENDATIONS OF KOTHARI
COMMISSSION:
The Kothari Commission had given 23 recommendations to
revamp the education system in India. The recommendations given by
the Kothari Commission are listed below:
1.DEFECTS IN THE EXISTING EDUCATION SYSTEM :
•Lack of creative and constructive activities.
•The curriculum is over packed.
•Lack of teaching methods and guidance and better
supervision.
•No link between education and productivity
RECCOMMENDATIO
NS:
Reforms on
education were
suggested to be
achieved based on
four-fold tasks like
increasing
productivity, achieving
national and social
integration,
accelerating the pace
of modernization, and
achieving social and
national integration.

6. 2.AIMS OF THE EDUCATION:
 Education and productivity -
• Science education as an integral part ,
• Work experience,
• Vocational education ,
• Improvement of scientific and technical education.
 Social and national integration
 Education and Modernization
 Development of Democracy
 Social and spiritual values

7. 3.METHODS OF TEACHING:
o Experimental teaching
o Dynamic method of teaching
o Training in improving aids
4.TEXTBOOK:
o There should be continuous revision and up-to-date of text-books
o The program of text-book production should consist of three aspects—
academic, production and distribution

8. 5.CURRICULUM:
Lower secondary stage (8-10)
 Language, Mathematics, Science, History, Geography and Civics, Art, Work
experience social service, Physical education , Education in moral and spiritual
values.
Higher Secondary stage (11-12)
 Any two language and other subject groups
6.EDUCATION OF WOMEN:
 Free and compulsory Education for 6-14 years

9. 7. EDUCATIONAL STRUCTURES AND STANDARDS:
 Pre school education
10 year period of general education
Lower primary and upper primary stages
8. STATUS OF TEACHERS:
 Necessary efforts should be taken to raise the economic social and professional status
of teacher.
 Retirement benefits should be extended to all teachers.

10. 9. GUIDANCE AND COUNSELLING:
 Adequate arrangements should be made in all secondary sch0ols to introduce
guidance service with a trained counsellor.
10. EVALUATION:
 A continuous process closely related to the aims and objectives of education
 Written examination should be improved
 Oral test should be given due weightage.

11. 11. THREE LANGUAGE FORMULA:
ɷ Should be used as medium of instruction.
ɷ The mother tongue or regional language is compulsory.
12. EDUCATION ON MORALS AND RELIGIONS:
ɷ Centre and state governments should adopt measures to introduce education in moral,
social, and spiritual values in all institutions.% in
13. WORK EXPERIENCES:#
ɷ To relate education with life and productivity
ɷ It will decrease the over academic nature of formal education.

12. 14. ADULT EDUCATION:
 Programs should be adopted for specific groups of adults which could motivate intensive literacy
work
 The mass media of communication should be effectively used for liquidating illiteracy.
15.TEACHER EDUCATION:
 A sound program of professional education of teachers is essential for the qualitative improvement of
education.
 Vitalization of professional studies should be done to purge its off inadequacy.
 There should be the necessity of improving methods of teaching and evaluation in training
institutions.

13. 16. DISTANCE EDUCATION:
 In order to bring education to those who are unable to attend even part time courses.
 Students should be provided opportunities to meet the teachers occasionally.
 These courses should be developed for the teachers in schools to keep them abreast with new
knowledge and new methods of teaching.
17.VOCATIONAL EDUCATION:
 Part time vocational education : Agricultural courses, Animal Husbandry
 Home science courses for girls
 IndustrialTraining Institute Course (ITI’s) for dropouts at VIII

14. 18.UNIVERSITYAUTONOMY:
o Autonomy to department and faculties
o Autonomy to colleges
o Financial aid : UGC maintenance grant + state financial aid
19.UNIVERSITY:AIMS,OBECTIVESAND FUNCTIONS
o Cultivate new education by pursuing research in every area of education
o To provide competent men and women to society
o To promote equality and social justice

15. OTHER
RECCOMMENDATIONS:
ɷ Selective Admission
ɷ Administrative Problems
ɷ Physical welfare of students
ɷ Higher education
Enrolment

16. RESULTS OF
KOTHARI
COMMISSIONS
 The education system at the national level was
aligned in 10+2+3 pattern, as recommended by the
Kothari Commission.
 As per recommendations of Kothari
Commission, the education sector in India
was stratified into national bodies, state bodies and
Central Board.
 Revision of pay scale of Teachers
 Improvement of curriculum, Method of Teaching
 , Evaluation
 Correspondence Course
 Vocational Education at higher level

17. THANKYOU
STEFI GRACE S J
ROLL NO:99