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Download Solution PDFGiven below are two statements
Statement I: The establishment of four big engineering colleges in the East, West, South, and North of the country was recommended by N. R. Sarkar Committee.
Statement II: The All India Council for Technical Education was set up in November 1950.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
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Download Solution PDFKey PointsStatement I: The establishment of four big Engineering colleges in the East, West, South, and North of the country was recommended by N. R. Sarkar Committee.
- The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), it is now well known, have had their origins in the recommendations of the Sarkar Committee Report of 1948.
- The committee, chaired by NR Sarkar, had been appointed by “the Hon’ble Member of the Viceroy’s Executive Council, Department of Education, Health and Agriculture” in 1945 and its mandate was “to consider the development of Higher Technical Institutions in India.
Hence, Statement I is true.
Statement II: The All India Council for Technical Education was set up in November 1950.
- The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) is a statutory body, and a national-level council for technical education, under the Department of Higher Education.
- It was established in November 1945 first as an advisory body and later on in 1987 given statutory status by an Act of Parliament.
Hence, Statement II is false.
Hence, Statement I is true but Statement II is false.
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