Course of Action: Statement: The Minister said that the teachers are still not…

2025

Course of Action:

Statement: The Minister said that the teachers are still not familiarised with the need, importance and meaning of population education in the higher education system. They are not even clearly aware about their role and responsibilities in the population education programme.

Courses of Action:

(I)Population education programme should be included in the college curriculum.

(II)Orientation programme should be conducted for teachers on population education

  1. A.

    Only I follows

  2. B.

    Only II follows

  3. C.

    Either I or II follows

  4. D.

    Neither I nor II follows

Show answer & explanation

Correct answer: B

In Course-of-Action reasoning, a suggested action 'follows' only if it is a practicable, direct step that resolves the specific problem or gap stated in the passage -- not any general or well-intentioned measure. An action aimed at a different target group, or a broader policy that does not touch the stated deficiency, does not follow, even if it sounds reasonable.

Here the statement names two specific problems affecting teachers: (a) unfamiliarity with the need, importance and meaning of population education, and (b) lack of clarity about their own role and responsibilities in the programme. Action I -- including population education in the college curriculum -- is aimed at students' coursework, not at training or informing teachers; it does not touch the deficiency described. Action II -- conducting an orientation programme for teachers on population education -- is aimed directly at the teachers named in the statement and would directly resolve both their unfamiliarity and their role confusion.

Checking each course independently: Action I would follow only if the stated problem concerned students' curriculum exposure, which it does not; Action II is a standard, practicable administrative step (an orientation/training session) that squarely targets the named deficiency, confirming it as a valid response. Hence only Action II follows.

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