The Ram Murti Review Committee recommended that admission to higher education must be

The Ramamurti Review Committee held that admission to higher education must be selective and merit-based.

It did not call for universal open admission to all.

It did not frame admission as purely reservation-based.

It did not recommend admission entirely free from payment.

The committee reviewed the 1986 National Policy on Education in 1990.

It stressed quality alongside access and equity.