Passage

In our country, regrettably, teaching and learning for the examination have been our forte but the new demands of society and the future of work require critical and independent thinking, learning through doing, asking questions from multiple disciplinary perspectives on the same issue, using evidence for building arguments, and reflecting and articulation. Higher education should not "either be a mere servant of the government policy or a passive respondent to public mood." Higher learning is all about how to think rather than what to think. Teaching has to be re-invented.

QUESTION

CSAT

Easy

Comprehension

Prelims 2025

Which one of the following statements best reflects the central idea conveyed by the passage?

Select an option to attempt

Explanation

Option A is incorrect: The passage does not discuss resources or funding for higher education; it focuses on teaching methods and learning approaches.

Option B is incorrect: The passage suggests that higher education should not merely follow government policy, but it does not argue that institutions should be free from government control.

Option C is incorrect: The passage does not call for ending classroom-based education; it emphasizes rethinking and improving teaching methods.

Option D is correct: The passage clearly conveys that classrooms need to be reimagined and teaching must be re-invented to promote critical thinking, learning by doing, and evidence-based reasoning.