Arrange the following events in chronological order (oldest to latest)
(A) The Tapas Majumdar Committee
(B) Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act
(C) The Education Commission recommended at least 6 percent of GDP to be spent on education
(D) The latest National Education Policy
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (C), (A), (B), (D)
India’s education policy grew through a few landmarks. A commission first set a spending target, a later committee worked out the cost of schooling every child, a law then made schooling a right, and a new policy followed. Taken from the oldest to the latest:
(C) The Education Commission recommended at least 6 percent of GDP to be spent on education — 1964–66. The Commission recommended that at least 6 per cent of GDP be spent on education so as to make a noticeable rate of growth in educational achievements.
(A) The Tapas Majumdar Committee — 1999. Appointed by the Government of India in 1999, the committee estimated an expenditure of around Rs 1.37 lakh crore over 10 years to bring all children aged 6-14 years under school education.
(B) Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act — 2009. Enacted by the Government of India in 2009, the Act made free education a fundamental right of all children in the age group of 6-14 years.
(D) The latest National Education Policy — 2020. The National Education Policy 2020 starts from the rapid changes taking place in the world of knowledge, and calls for learning that cuts across the sciences, the social sciences and the humanities.
Note: A same/similar question was asked in CUET (UG) in the papers below.
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* A similar question.
NCERT (2025-26): “4.6 Education Sector in India … One can understand the inadequacy of the expenditure on education if we compare it with the desired level of education expenditure as recommended by the various commissions. The Education Commission (1964–66) had recommended that at least 6 per cent of GDP be spent on education so as to make a noticeable rate of growth in educational achievements. The Tapas Majumdar Committee, appointed by the Government of India in 1999, estimated an expenditure of around Rs 1.37 lakh crore over 10 years (1998-99 to 2006-07) to bring all Indian children in the age group of 6-14 years under the purview of school education. Compared to this desired level of education expenditure of around 6 per cent of GDP, the current level of a little over 4 per cent has been quite inadequate. In principle, a goal of 6 per cent needs to be reached—this has been accepted as a must for the coming years. In 2009, the Government of India enacted the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act to make free education a fundamental right of all children in the age group of 6-14 years.… …The National Education Policy 2020 states that the world is undergoing rapid changes in the knowledge landscape.…” |