Which of the following were suggestions of the Kothari Commission regarding…

Concept

For a commission-and-recommendations question, distinguish institutional reform from abolition and institutional strengthening from restriction. Test each proposed measure against the commission’s stated governance mechanism rather than relying on a familiar name alone.

Application

1. The Commission retained the University Grants Commission and proposed a revised composition, standing committees, deeper university visits, and continued national coordination of standards. This establishes reorganisation of the UGC, not its closure.

2. University autonomy was defined across student selection, teacher appointment and promotion, courses of study, teaching methods, and research priorities. This supports greater university autonomy for teaching and research reform.

3. The governance recommendations associated student representatives with university Academic Councils and Courts. This supports student participation in academic governance.

Cross-check and contrast

• Closing the UGC is inconsistent with the continuing and enlarged coordinating and grant-related responsibilities assigned to it.

• The source’s Inter-University Council wording refers to the inter-university coordinating body that the report calls the Inter-University Board. The report proposed automatic university membership and stronger financial, advisory, research, and service functions, so non-expansion is inconsistent with the recommendation.

The supported measures are reorganisation of the UGC, greater university autonomy, and student representation in Academic Councils.