Paper 1 · Higher Education
UGC NET June 2023 (19.06.2023) Shift-II
Which of the following were the recommendations of the Radhakrishnan Commission regarding the medium of instruction in higher education?
- The medium of higher education should be in the regional language
- Immediate steps should be taken to prepare scientific and technical terminologies in the federal languages
- All the federal languages must be written in the Devanagari script
- International and scientific terminological words should be avoided
- English should be banished from the higher education field in India immediately
A1, 2 & 3 only ✓ Correct
B2, 3 & 4 only
C3, 4 & 5 only
D1, 4 & 5 only
Correct answer: (A) 1, 2 & 3 only — The commission recommended regional-language medium, terminology preparation and Devanagari script, so the answer is 1, 2 and 3.
Explanation
★The commission recommended regional-language medium, terminology preparation and Devanagari script, so the answer is 1, 2 and 3.
★The Radhakrishnan Commission is also called the University Education Commission of 1948.
★It recommended that the medium of higher education be the regional language, matching item 1.
★It urged immediate preparation of scientific and technical terms in the federal languages, matching item 2.
★It recommended that the federal languages be written in the Devanagari script, matching item 3.
★It did not call for banning English or avoiding international scientific terms.
★So the correct recommendations are items 1, 2 and 3.
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