Correct Answer - Option 3 : Indian Education Commission 1964-1966
The correct answer is Kothari Commission.
- The formula is enunciated in the 1968 National Policy Resolution.
- Which provided for the study of Hindi, English, and regional language of the respective States.
- In the NEP 2020, it was decided to push for the three-language formula, to promote multilingualism and national unity.
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Three-Language Formula (Kothari Commission 1968)
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First language: It will be the mother tongue or regional language.
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Second language: In Hindi-speaking states, it will be other modern Indian languages or English.
- In non-Hindi-speaking states, it will be Hindi or English.
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Third Language: In Hindi-speaking states, it will be English or a modern Indian language.
- In the non-Hindi-speaking state, it will be English or a modern Indian language.
Hence, three language formula is suggested by Indian Education Commission 1964-1966. National Education Commission (1964-1966), popularly known as Kothari Commission
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The Kothari Commission was appointed by the Government of India to overhaul the Indian Education sector.
- It was formed on 14 July 1964.
- It was formed under the Chairmanship of Daulat Singh Kothari.
- He was the then chairman of the University Grants Commission (UGC).
- It was dissolved on 29 June 1966.
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Kothari Commission was the sixth commission in India, post-independence, but it was the first commission mandated to comprehensively deal with India's education sector.
- In a span of 21 months, the Commission had interviewed 9000 people who were working as scholars, educators and scientists.
- The Report was submitted by the Kothari Commission on 29th June 1966 to M.C.Chagla, the then minister of education.
