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University Education Commission

This document outlines recommendations from the University Education Commission chaired by Dr. S. Radhakrishnan in 1948-1949. Some of the key recommendations include improving teacher working conditions, expanding professional education, establishing a University Grants Commission to oversee university funding, introducing NCC and NSS programs, and restructuring examinations to emphasize objective questions and viva voce. The overall aims of university education discussed are developing well-rounded students and strengthening democracy.

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University Education Commission

This document outlines recommendations from the University Education Commission chaired by Dr. S. Radhakrishnan in 1948-1949. Some of the key recommendations include improving teacher working conditions, expanding professional education, establishing a University Grants Commission to oversee university funding, introducing NCC and NSS programs, and restructuring examinations to emphasize objective questions and viva voce. The overall aims of university education discussed are developing well-rounded students and strengthening democracy.

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 A distinguished scholar.

 Former Vice - Chancellor of Banaras Hindu


University.
 Second President of India.
 Spalding Professor of Eastern Religious and Ethics
at the University of Oxford.
 Chairman, University Education Commission
(1948-49)
 Aims of university education
Development of balanced personality,
training for leadership, promotion of
intellectual adventure,strengthening of
democracy, promotion of human civilization
and culture
 Intermediate or equivalent qualification
should be minimum qualification for
admission to universities.
 Service condition of the teachers should be
improved. Handsome salary, provident fund,
staff quarters, workload fixed to 18 periods
per week.
 The working days excluding examination should
be 180 days a minimum.
 Seminars and workshops should form a
necessary feature of raising educational
standards at post-graduate level.
 The period of obtaining degree should be of 3
years duration; and that of post-graduate
degree should be 2 years after graduation.
 Ph.D students should be selected on all India basis
with the facility of research fellowship and financial
assistance.
 Professional education in the fields of agriculture,
medicine, engineering, law, commerce and business
administration should be expanded and developed.
 English should be the medium of instruction for
higher education.
A University Grants Commission should be set
up toto supervise universities and to
allocatefunds for their functioning.
 Due consideration should be given to
religious education and moral instruction at
the university level.
 To motivate the students for defence service
and social service, NCC and NSS should be
started at each educational institution.
 To produce good mothers and caretakers of
family, the facilities for women’s education
should be extended.
 Rural institutes and rural universities should be
started to reorient the educational needs of
rural areas.
 The examination system should be restuctured
giving emphasis to objective type questions
and viva-voce.

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