Question

Write note.

Kothari Commission

Answer 1

Appointed in 1965, The Kothari Commission recommended the 10+2+3 pattern for secondary, higher secondary and university education which was implemented in 1972. The commission also recommended a uniform system of education, the inclusion of mother tongue, Hindi and English language in the curriculum, and other measures to make education trickle down to the lowest rungs of society. It also underlined the need for increasing govt. expenditure on education of neglected sections of the society.