According to Kothari Commission (1964-66),
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Mathematics should be made a compulsory subject for the students of classes/grades I to X, as a part of general education.
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It is only an imagination that mental abilities, discipline, cultural, social and moral values are developed in students by Mathematics.
3
Analytical reasoning, thinking, self-confidence and emotions are developed in students by mathematics.
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Every student cannot comprehend the abstraction in mathematics so it should be an optional subject after class VIII