Based on the passage:
Access to schooling for those coming of school age is close to universal, but access to quality exhibits a sharp gradient with socio-economic status. Quotas for the weaker sections in private schools is a provision introduced by the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009. The quotas have imposed a debate on issues of social integration and equity in education that private actors had escaped by and large. The idea of egalitarian education system with equality of opportunity as its primary goal appears to be outside the space that private school principals inhabit. Therefore, the imposition of the quotas has led to resistance, sometimes justified.

With reference to the above passage, the following assumptions have been made:
1. Making equality of opportunity a reality is the fundamental goal of the Indian education system.
2. The present Indian school system is unable to provide egalitarian education.
3. Abolition of private schools and establishment of more government schools is the only way to ensure egalitarian education.

Which of the above assumptions is/are valid?

Question

Based on the passage:
Access to schooling for those coming of school age is close to universal, but access to quality exhibits a sharp gradient with socio-economic status. Quotas for the weaker sections in private schools is a provision introduced by the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009. The quotas have imposed a debate on issues of social integration and equity in education that private actors had escaped by and large. The idea of egalitarian education system with equality of opportunity as its primary goal appears to be outside the space that private school principals inhabit. Therefore, the imposition of the quotas has led to resistance, sometimes justified.

With reference to the above passage, the following assumptions have been made:
1. Making equality of opportunity a reality is the fundamental goal of the Indian education system.
2. The present Indian school system is unable to provide egalitarian education.
3. Abolition of private schools and establishment of more government schools is the only way to ensure egalitarian education.

Which of the above assumptions is/are valid?

Accepted Answer

Correct Option: 1 and 2 only Let us evaluate the assumptions. Assumption 1 is valid because the passage states that the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 introduced quotas for weaker sections, bringing up debates on social integration and equality of opportunity, which aligns with the goal of an egalitarian education system. Assumption 2 is valid because the text notes that the idea of an egalitarian system with equality of opportunity as its primary goal appears outside the space private school principals inhabit, leading to resistance, which shows the current system struggles to provide egalitarian education. Assumption 3 is not valid because the passage does not suggest abolishing private schools or that it is the *only* way. Thus, only statements 1 and 2 are valid.

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