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Unit 5: Indian Education Commission (1964-66)

have been, by and large, to bring about improvement of standards of education and training at Notes
various levels or to promote specific areas of education like languages, production of books etc.

5.14 Contribution of the Report of the Education Commission (1964-66)
There is no exaggeration in the statement that there is no report of any educational commission
and committee in India which has made such a valuable contribution to the role of education,
its contents, development, expansion and planning etc. as the report of the Education
Commission (1964-66). The present educational system in India, by and large, draws its
inspiration from this report. The report, no doubt, has brought about radical changes in education
in India. The National Policy of Education (1986) is based on it.

5.15 National Structure of Education-Proposed by Kothari Commission

The new educational structure will consist of:
1. Duration.
(a) One to three years of pre-school education.
(b) A primary stage of 7 to 8 years divided into a lower primary stage of 4 or 5 years
and a higher primary stage of 3 or 2 years.
(c) A lower secondary stage of 3 to 2 years.
(d) A higher secondary stage of two years of general education or one to three years of
vocational education.
(e) A higher education stage having a course of three years or more for the first degree
and followed by a course for the second or research degree of varying durations.
2. Admission Age. Age of admission to class I ordinarily not to be less than 6.
3. Public Examination. First public examination to come at the end of first ten years of schooling.
4. Diversification of Courses. The system of streaming in school of general education to be
made beyond class X.
5. Types of Secondary Schools. Two types of secondary schools, high schools providing a ten-
year course and higher secondary schools providing a course of 11 or 12 years.
Self Assessment
3. State whether the following statements are True or False:
(i) According to national structure of education age of admission to class I ordinarily not to
be less than 6.
(ii) First public examination comes at the end of first 12 years of schooling.
(iii) The system of streaming in school of general education to be made beyond class X.
(iv) The pay scale of teachers should be retionalised within 5 years.

5.16 Summary

• The Education Commission under the Chairmanship of Dr.D.S. Kothari, the then Chairman,
University Grants Commission, began its task on October 2,1964.
• The Commission submitted its report to the government on June 29,1966. It was laid on
the Table of the House on August 29, 1966.
• The Commission observed that mother-tongue had a pre-eminent claim as the medium of
education at the school and college stages.
• The Commission further observed that the public demand for secondary and higher
education had increased and would continue to increase in future.
• The Commission spent about hundred days in going round all the States and Selected
Union Territories.

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