English Language CUET 2022
Discursive passage for CUET 2022
On the basis of the your understanding of the given passage answer the questions that follow
Given the standing of some of its institutions of higher learning, the IITs and IIMs, India is a potential power. Realising the potential, however, is not going to be easy. The impressive strides made by the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) notwithstanding, universal access to quality school education-a minimum necessary condition for any progress towards making India a 'knowledge society,' as the 2006 report of the National Knowledge Commission (NKC) puts it-remains a distant goal. There is as yet no legislation at the national level to affirm the right to education, a fundamental right under the constitution. The number of school buildings for elementary and secondary education falls far short of requirements and so does the number of qualified teachers. The pressure on government budgets, which The number of school buildings for elementary and secondary education falls far short of requirements and so does the number of qualified teachers. The pressure on government budgets, which forces governments to hire teachers on contract paying a pittance, is playing havoc with quality. While the incursion of the private sector in the field is providing some competition, mechanisms to enforce the required standards are lacking. Not that there are no national standards or standards-enforcing agencies. We have the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) to bring out textbooks in various subjects for school education. The central government runs several model schools. The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) conducts examinations for schools affiliated to it across the country. The states too have their school boards to conduct exams and enforce minimum standards. However the standards vary widely. In their anxiety to show spectacular performance, some states are overly lenient in marking answer paper
The pressure on government budgets, which forces governments to hire teachers on contract paying a pittance is playing Havoc with quality. While the incursion of the private sector in the field is providing some competition, mechanism to enforce the required standards are lacking.
Questions arise even over the standards applied by the CBSE going by the number of students scoring 90% or more in their higher secondary exam. It would appear that India is on the brink of a knowledge revolution.The numbers are so large that the cutoff point for admission in top colleges is now about 90%.
The number seems to be growing every year if the country produces so many children who attain very high levels of performance even before graduation we can expect India to produce Amartya Sens by the dozens.
One wonders if our knowledge commission is aware of these insidious impediments to India’s knowledge ambition.
On the basis of the understanding of the passage answer the questions that follow
A Why is quality School education a distant goal?
1. There are no fundamental rights
2. There is no legislation at the national leve measures to enforce the required standards or not there.
3. Measures to enforce the required standards are not there.
4. There are no minimum necessary conditions.
B What is the tone of the writer when he remarks” India is on the brink of a knowledge revolution”?
1. Optimistic
2. Imaginative
3. Sarcastic
4. Presumptuous
C.What are some States doing for ensuring good performance?
1. Leniency in marking
2. Following their own school boards
3. Following the CBSE
4. All of the above
D What remains a distant goal ?
1. Realising the potential of the student.
2. Making India A knowledge society
3. Make it School education a quality education.
4. All of the above.
E.What is the main factor that has affected the quality of education in India?
1. Gap between theoretical knowledge and the real life situations.
2. Lack of model education in schools
3. Teachers hired on contract basis on a pretends are under qualified.
4. All of the above.
F Why does the author state” we can expect India to produce Amartya Sens by dozens”.?
1. The level of students is quite high even in schools.
2. The result of the CBSE class 12th exam show that many children attain very high levels of performance even before graduation.
3. Teaching learning pattern is perfect.
4. None of the above
Answers
A. 3) measures to enforce a required standards are not there.
B. 3) sarcastic
C. 1) leniency in marking
D. 3) making School education a quality education.
E. 3) teachers hired on contract basis on a pittance are under qualified.
F 2) results of the CBSE class 12th exam show that many children attend very high levels of performance even before graduation.
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