Which of the following statements is true of the working group set up by the University Grants Commission in 1978 to study the medium of instruction in higher education?
1
It recommended a quicker switchover of the medium of instruction from English to Indian languages.
2
It observed that English need not be displaced as the medium of instruction although regional languages were quite ready to take over its functions.
3
It argued that English as a highly developed language was best suited for India’s industrial and scientific progress.
4
It asserted that English had the potential to further polarize an already‐divided nation along socio‐economic and intellectual fault lines.