Passage: Benefits of good quality school education accrue only when students complete and leave school after…
Passage: Benefits of good quality school education accrue only when students complete and leave school after having acquired the gateway skills. Like one learns to walk before running, similarly one picks up advanced skills only after picking the basic foundational skills. The advent of the knowledge economy poses new challenges, and one of the severe consequences of having an uneducated workforce will be our inability to keep pace with the global economy. Without a strong learning foundation at the primary level, there can be no improvement in higher education or skill development.
Question: Which one of the following statements best reflects the crux of the passage?
To become a global power, India needs to invest in universal quality education.
India is unable to become a global power because it is not focussing or promoting knowledge economy.
Our education system should focus more on imparting skills during higher education.
Parents of many school children are illiterate and are unaware of the benefits of quality education.
Solution
The passage stresses the importance of a strong learning foundation at the primary level for higher education, skill development and keeping pace with the global economy. The crux is that to become a global power, India needs to invest in universal quality education.