An important feature of the Third Five Year Plan was:

A notable feature of the Third Five Year Plan was the setting up of examination research units in some universities.

These units were meant to study and improve examination and evaluation practices.

The plan did not abolish any education commission.

It did not reduce the number of colleges, as higher education kept expanding.

Open-book examination was not a special emphasis of this plan.

Examination reform reflected concern over rote learning highlighted by earlier commissions.