Which section of the UGC Act provides for the promotion and coordination of university education and for the maintenance of standards of teaching, examination and research?

Section 12 of the UGC Act provides for promoting and coordinating university education and maintaining standards of teaching, examination and research.

Section 15 deals with the fund of the Commission, not this general function.

Section 25 concerns the power to make regulations.

Section 28 relates to other procedural matters of the Act.

Section 12 embodies the core mandate of the University Grants Commission.

Sections 2(f) and 12B govern which institutions may receive UGC grants.