Educational Commissions, Policies, and Programmes in India- Post Independence

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• University Education Commission (Radhakrishnan Commission) – 1948–49
  • Chaired by Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan.
• Secondary Education Commission (Mudaliar Commission) – 1952–53
  • Chaired by A. Lakshmanaswami Mudaliar.
• In 1958, the first committee on women’s education after Independence was constituted by the Government of India under the chairmanship of Durgabai Deshmukh.
• National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) – 1961
  • Full form: National Council of Educational Research and Training.
• Hansa Mehta Committee – 1962
  • Appointed by the National Council for Women’s Education.
  • Its purpose was to examine the differentiation of curriculum for boys and girls at different stages of education.
  • Chaired by Hansa Mehta.
• National Education Commission (Kothari Commission) – 1964–66

Chaired by Daulat Singh Kothari.