Statement: The Chairman stressed the need for making the education system more…
2025
Statement: The Chairman stressed the need for making the education system more flexible and regretted that the curriculum has not been revised in keeping with the pace of the changes taking place.
Courses of Action:
I. Curriculum should be reviewed and revised periodically.
II. System of education should be made more flexible.
- A.
Only I follows
- B.
Only II follows
- C.
Either I or II follows
- D.
Neither I nor II follows
- E.
Both I and II follow
Show answer & explanation
Correct answer: E
Concept
A course of action is a practical administrative step proposed to remedy a problem or improve a situation described in a statement. A course FOLLOWS when it satisfies two tests: (i) relevance — it addresses a need, grievance or problem that the statement itself actually raises; and (ii) practicability — it is a reasonable, proportionate step, not an extreme, vague or impossible one. Courses are judged independently of one another: two courses can both follow, because a statement that voices more than one concern can warrant more than one remedy. ‘Either-or’ applies only when the two courses are rival substitutes for a single problem, and ‘neither’ applies only when both fail the tests.
Applying it to this statement
Isolate what the statement raises. It carries two distinct concerns: (a) the Chairman STRESSED the need to make the education system more flexible; and (b) he REGRETTED that the curriculum has not been revised to keep pace with change.
Test course I — ‘Curriculum should be reviewed and revised periodically.’ It speaks directly to concern (b), and periodic review is an ordinary, workable administrative measure. It passes both tests.
Test course II — ‘System of education should be made more flexible.’ It speaks directly to concern (a), and it is the very measure the Chairman asked for. It passes both tests.
Combine. Each course clears the tests on its own, and they remedy two different concerns rather than competing for one, so they are complementary, not alternatives.
Cross-check against the other verdicts
‘Only I follows’ and ‘Only II follows’ each drop a course that survives the tests, on the mistaken assumption that a single statement can support just one remedy.
‘Either I or II follows’ would require the two courses to be substitutes for the same problem, so that one makes the other unnecessary — but here they answer two different concerns.
‘Neither I nor II follows’ would require both to fail relevance or practicability, whereas each addresses a concern the statement itself raises.
Hence the correct verdict is: Both I and II follow.