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221President Ayub Khan announced the formation of the Commission on National Education on 30 December 1958; the Commission was formally constituted shortly after, on:
The Commission was formally constituted on 5 January 1959, just days after Ayub Khan’s announcement.
222The Sharif Commission had a total of 11 members; how many of them were from East Pakistan?
Of the Commission’s 11 members, only four were from East Pakistan — an imbalance later cited as a grievance.
223The Sharif Commission submitted its report on 26 August 1959; this report was later published as a book in which year?
Although submitted in 1959, the report was published in book form in 1962.
224The Sharif Commission recommended expanding compulsory primary education to 8 years, to be achieved within what timeframe?
The Commission proposed expanding compulsory primary education to 8 years within a 15-year period.
225For secondary education, the Sharif Commission recommended organizing schooling into separate administrative units covering which class groupings?
The Commission proposed dividing secondary education into separate units covering classes 6–8, 9–10, and 11–12.
226To regulate and standardize secondary education, the Sharif Commission recommended establishing:
The Commission recommended establishing Boards of Secondary Education to regulate this level of schooling.
227Student opposition to the Sharif Commission’s proposals culminated in a major protest movement in East Pakistan in which year?
The 1962 East Pakistan Education Movement arose in opposition to policy proposals recommended by the Sharif Commission.
228Among its objections, the 1962 East Pakistan Education Movement opposed proposals to make which two languages compulsory subjects?
Protesters objected to making English and Urdu mandatory subjects, along with proposals to privatize education and revoke free primary education.
22917 September, the date the 1962 education movement began, is commemorated in Bangladesh as:
17 September is commemorated in Bangladesh as Education Day, marking the start of the 1962 movement.
230A scheme originating from the Sharif Commission’s recommendations led to a network of privately-philanthropy-funded institutions known as:
The Divisional Public Schools scheme, initiated in 1958–59, was a direct offshoot of the Sharif Commission’s recommendations, funded through private philanthropy.
