EDUCATION (CBSE/UGC NET)

EDUCATION UGC NET

TEACHING AND RESEARCH APTITUDE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In which year the University Grants Commission was established?
A
1951
B
1952
C
1953
D
1954
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) was formally inaugurated by late Shri Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, the then Minister of Education, Natural Resources and Scientific Research on 28 December 1953.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Indian Universities Commission was a body appointed in 1902 on the instructions of Viceroy of India Lord Curzon intended to make recommendations for reforms in university education in India.

Detailed explanation-4: -Promoting and coordinating university education. Determining and maintaining standards of teaching, examination and research in universities.

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