EDUCATION (CBSE/UGC NET)

EDUCATION UGC NET

MODERN HISTORY OF EDUCATION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The Government established the University Grants Commission by an Act of Parliament in the year:
A
1950
B
1956
C
1961
D
1967
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The UGC, however, was formally established only in November 1956 as a statutory body of the Government of India through an Act of Parliament for the coordination, determination and maintenance of standards of university education in India.

Detailed explanation-2: -The University Grants Commission (UGC) provides financial assistance to eligible colleges which are included under Section 2(f)* and declared fit to receive central assistance (UGC grant) under Section 12 (B)** of UGC Act, 1956 as per approved pattern of assistance under various schemes.

Detailed explanation-3: -The University Grants Commission (UGC) was formally inaugurated by late Shri Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, the then Minister of Education, Natural Resources and Scientific Research on 28 December 1953.

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