Paper 1 · Higher Education
UGC NET June 2023 (16.06.2023) Shift-I
The National Education Policy document of 1986, revised in 1992, suggested
AUse of multimedia for distance education ✓ Correct
BLinking degrees with jobs
CAbolition of AICTE
DFocus on research only for degrees
Correct answer: (A) Use of multimedia for distance education — The 1986 policy suggested multimedia for distance education, so the answer is use of multimedia for distance education.
Explanation
★The 1986 policy suggested multimedia for distance education, so the answer is use of multimedia for distance education.
★The National Policy on Education of 1986 was reviewed and updated through the 1992 Programme of Action.
★It gave importance to higher, postgraduate and research education.
★It promoted the use of multimedia and technology to strengthen distance education.
★This supported open universities and wider access to learning.
★It did not call for linking degrees with jobs or abolishing the AICTE.
★Nor did it restrict research to degree purposes only.
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