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Indian Education Commission (1964-66)
1)National Education Commission (1964-1966), popularly known as Kothari Commission, was a commission set up by the Government of India to examine all aspects of the educational sector in India and to evolve a general pattern of education
2) It aimed to advise guidelines and policies for the development of education in India.
3)The Kothari Commission was appointed to assess the educational system which was then followed in India and to recommend a national pattern of education and the policies and principles that would develop education at all levels.
4)This was the Hindi version of the National Education Commission (Kothari Commission) Report entitled ‘Siksha or Rastrya Vikas (Education and National Development)’ under the chairmanship of Prof D. S. Kothari.
5)Kothari Commission is also known as National Education Commission, 1964. Since independence, various commissions were formed to improve the Indian education system.
6)The National Education Commission (1964-66) also called as Kothari Commission, the chairperson of this commission was Dr. Daulat Singh Kothari (6 July 1906 to 4 Feb 1993) was an educationist and had a doctorate degree in physics and worked under Ernest Rutherford.
7)He was the chairmen of UGC from 1969 to 1973.
8)Kothari commission was set up on 14 July 1964 and it’s work got began on 2nd October 1964 and the final report was submitted on 29 June 1966.
9)The countries like UK, USA, USSR, UNESCO also assisted in the commission.
Need for Kothari Commission
The need for Kothari Commission was felt after observing some defects in the existing education system of the country, for example –
1)Our education system had inadequate importance to agriculture.
2)The education system was not emphasizing character formation and cultivation of moral and spiritual values of the students.
3)It was not connected with the idea of National reconstruction.
4)It had too much academics portion.
Aims and Objectives of Kothari Commission
1)Do research to improve the quality of the Indian education system and to provide appropriate suggestions to the Government of India for its improvement.
2)Present appropriate suggestions to the government in the formulation of education policy in India, so that the level of Indian education can be increased.
3)Highlight the shortcomings of Indian education, and find out the reasons for those shortcomings and present constructive information to the Government of India.
4. Implement Indian education equally in every province and present suggestions to make education levels equal, bringing uniformity to the Indian education system.
