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Notes (ii) The university eduction commission was appointed through a resolution of the central
ministry of education on 4 November ............................... .
(a) 1946 (b) 1947 (c) 1948 (d) 1949
(iii) The then Minister of Education, ................................. .
(a) Mahatma Gandhi (b) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
(c) Dr. Radhakrishnan (d) Sarojini Naidu
(iv) The university education commission was also known as .......................... .
(a) Madelair Commission (b) Radhakrishnan Commission
(c) Kothari Commission (d) Secondary Commission
(v) The commission prepared a questionnaire which was sent over to about ............... persons
who mattered in the field of education.
(a) 400 (b) 500 (c) 600 (d) 700

13.2 Aims of University Education Commission
The Commission has laid down certain aims of university education in the country keeping in
view the past tradition, the present conditions and future prospects of the country. In this context
the Commission took into consideration the personal interests of the students and also of the
nation. While defining the aims the Commission had been also conscious of the international
obligations. We are giving below the aims of university education as laid down by the
Commission:
(i) The aim of university education should be to produce able citizens who can take up
national responsibilities successfully in various fields. The university has to produce
able administrators and suitable workers in various occupations and industries. The
university has to provide leadership in the various walks of life in the best interest of
the nation.
(ii) The aim of a university should be to maintain a high standard in general, professional
and vocational education by inspiring the students to search for a new knowledge and
good effort that must be authentic in nature.
(iii) It is a duty of a university to preserve and develop the culture and civilization of the
land. It is on the basis of one's culture that one may acquire self-confidence, self-respect
and self-dependence. These virtues on the part of citizens will make the nation really
very strong.
(iv) The university should generate new ideas and discard those which are likely to prevent
the growth of the nation. For progress, it is necessary to rise above superstitions. The
university has to help the students to imbibe the good aspects of their culture and to
accept new values for an all - round development.
(v) The university should provide opportunities to acquire all kinds of knowledge.
(vi) The university has to educate the mind and soul of the student in order that he may
grow in wisdom.
(vii) It is the responsibility of the university to create a consciousness in students for protecting
the Directive Principles as to be laid down in the Constitution. The university has to
make the foundation of democracy strong and it has to develop the spirit in students
for ensuring equality, fraternity and social justice to all while maintaining the integrity
of the nation.
(viii) The university has to instil moral values in the students while making them well
disciplined.
(ix) The university has to develop the spirit of universal brotherhood and internationalism
in the students.

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