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.
Verbal Reasoning
Statement and Conclusion
Difficulty: Medium
Choose an option
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AOnly conclusion I follows
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BOnly conclusion II follows
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CEither I or II follows
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DNeither I nor II follows
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EBoth I and II follow
Answer
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/ApproachThe premises support that increased funding is a necessary enabler for quality; they do not assert that funding is sufficient by itself.
Step-by-step evaluation1) 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 AnswerOnly conclusion I follows.