Which of the following were the recommendations of the Radhakrishnan Commission regarding the medium of instruction in higher education?

1.The medium of higher education should be in the regional language

2.Immediate steps should be taken to prepare scientific and technical terminologies in the federal languages

3.All the federal languages must be written in the Devanagari script

4.International and scientific terminological words should be avoided

5.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

Explanation

The commission favoured regional-language instruction with prepared terminologies and a common Devanagari script for federal languages.

Statement 1 is right, on making the regional language the medium of higher education.

Statement 2 is right, on urgently preparing scientific and technical terms in the federal languages.

Statement 3 is right, on writing the federal languages in the Devanagari script.

Statement 4 is wrong on shunning international terms, and Statement 5 is wrong as English was not to be removed hastily.

The commission is formally the University Education Commission of 1948 to 1949.

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