Based on the above passage, the following assumptions have been made: 1. As a large number of workers in our country are employed in unorganized sector, India does not need to change its present conventional classroom system of education. 2. Even with its present conventional classroom system of education, India produces sufficient number of skilled workers to fully realize the benefits of demographic dividend. Which of the assumptions given above is/are valid?

Passage

Conventional classrooms, by emphasizing fixed duration over learning effectiveness, resign themselves to variable outcomes. The tyranny of the classroom is that every learner is subjected to the same set of lectures in the same way for the same duration. In the end, a few learners shine, some survive, and the rest are left behind. After the fixed duration, the classroom model moves on, with not a thought spared for those left behind. This is how we end up with 10 percent employability in our graduates after a decade and half of formal education. Repeating the same ineffectual script in the realm of skill education will not produce different results.

Question

CSATMediumPrelims 2024Comprehension

Based on the above passage, the following assumptions have been made:

As a large number of workers in our country are employed in unorganized sector, India does not need to change its present conventional classroom system of education.
Even with its present conventional classroom system of education, India produces sufficient number of skilled workers to fully realize the benefits of demographic dividend.

Which of the assumptions given above is/are valid?

Explanation

Assumption 1 is invalid: The passage critiques the conventional classroom system, highlighting its ineffectiveness in achieving high employability. It implies the need for change, not that India should retain the current system due to unorganized sector employment.

Assumption 2 is invalid: The passage indicates low employability (10 percent) despite years of education, suggesting that the conventional system is insufficient for producing a skilled workforce, hence contradicting the idea of "sufficient skilled workers."