The National Committee on the 10 + 2 + 3 education structure, set up in 1972, was headed by

The 1972 National Committee that examined the 10 + 2 + 3 pattern of school and higher education was chaired by Dr P. D. Shukla.

Dr D. S. Kothari led the 1964-66 Education Commission that first recommended this 10 + 2 + 3 structure, not the 1972 review body.

Dr Radhakrishnan headed the 1948-49 University Education Commission, working decades earlier and on higher education alone.

A blanket denial does not fit because a definite chairperson is on record for this committee.

The 10 + 2 + 3 design means ten years of general schooling, two of higher secondary and three of first-degree study.

This uniform pattern was progressively adopted across states to standardise the school-to-college transition.