Given below are two statements: Statement I: National Policy on Education…
2023
Given below are two statements:
Statement I: National Policy on Education (1986) highlighted the need of education for values in removing intolerance, violence and superstition.
Statement II: National Policy on Education (1986) highlighted the need of education in upholding social, cultural and scientific principles.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
Answer: A. Both Statement I and Statement II are true — ConceptThe National Policy on Education, 1986 treats value education as both corrective and constructive. It asks education to counter harmful attitudes while…
- A.
Both Statement I and Statement II are true
- B.
Both Statement I and Statement II are false
- C.
Statement I is true but Statement II is false
- D.
Statement I is false but Statement II is true
Show answer & explanation
Correct answer: A
Concept
The National Policy on Education, 1986 treats value education as both corrective and constructive.
It asks education to counter harmful attitudes while cultivating the values needed for a secular, democratic, progressive and culturally rooted society.
Application
Statement I paraphrases the corrective role: education for values is used against intolerance, violence and superstition. Statement II paraphrases the constructive role: education upholds social, cultural and scientific principles. Thus both statements describe the policy's value-education purpose.
Contrast
Both statements false overlooks both the corrective and constructive dimensions.
Statement I true, Statement II false retains the corrective dimension but omits the constructive one.
Statement I false, Statement II true retains the constructive dimension but omits the corrective one.
Cross-check
The Ministry of Education text stresses secular, scientific and moral values and understanding of India's composite culture. The Programme of Action also describes education as combating obscurantism, religious fanaticism, violence and superstition. These two source strands support both statements.
Result
Therefore, both Statement I and Statement II are true.