Read the passage and answer the question. In many schools, children who 'complete' primary schools are not fully functional in the language that serves as the medium of their education. One would…
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In many schools, children who 'complete' primary schools are not fully functional in the language that serves as the medium of their education. One would expect that class VI students almost twelve years old with five years of schooling behind him, would be able to read, understand and write the language.
Unfortunately, surveys conducted among rural school children in the state reveal that this is not the case. A majority of the school population was found to be at the frustration level in understanding the texts. The surveys also reveal the enormous heterogeneity of the linguistic and cultural background of the children, contrary to the belief that they all come from Hindi speaking backgrounds.
In many schools, children who 'complete' primary schools are not fully functional in the language that serves as the medium of their education. One would expect that class VI students almost twelve years old with five years of schooling behind him, would be able to read, understand and write the language.
Unfortunately, surveys conducted among rural school children in the state reveal that this is not the case. A majority of the school population was found to be at the frustration level in understanding the texts. The surveys also reveal the enormous heterogeneity of the linguistic and cultural background of the children, contrary to the belief that they all come from Hindi speaking backgrounds.
Before the surveys we had the belief that
- all children were good students
- the schools taught Hindi very efficiently
- all the children spoke Hindi at home
- Hindi was a compulsory subject
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C - all the children spoke Hindi at home
The passage says the surveys showed heterogeneity of background 'contrary to the belief that they all come from Hindi speaking backgrounds'. So before the surveys it was believed that all the children spoke Hindi at home. The passage says nothing about beliefs that the children were good students, that Hindi was taught well or that it was compulsory.
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