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Education policy – funding and quality: “Quality has a price tag. India is allocating large funds to education.” Determine which conclusions must follow regarding imminent quality improvement and the sufficiency of funding alone.

Difficulty: Medium

Correct Answer: Only conclusion I follows

Explanation:

Given data

  • Premise A: Quality entails cost ('has a price tag').
  • Premise B: India is allocating substantial funds to education.
  • Conclusion I: Quality of education in India would improve soon.
  • Conclusion II: Funding alone can enhance education quality.

Concept/Approach
The premises support that increased funding is a necessary enabler for quality; they do not assert that funding is sufficient by itself.


Step-by-step evaluation
1) Since quality requires spending and spending is increasing, it is reasonable to infer that quality should improve (ceteris paribus) ⇒ Conclusion I follows.2) 'Funding alone' (sufficiency claim) is not established; quality also depends on governance, teachers, curriculum, etc. ⇒ Conclusion II does not follow.


Final Answer
Only conclusion I follows.

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