Given below are two statements, one labelled Assertion (A) and the other labelled Reason (R). Choose the correct option.

The Assertion holds, as the National Education Policy 2020 envisions an education system rooted in Indian ethos that transforms India into an equitable and vibrant knowledge society by providing high-quality education to all.

The Reason also holds, since earlier education policies concentrated mainly on expanding access and ensuring equity rather than on quality.

Because those earlier efforts largely settled access and equity, the policy now turns to quality and holistic transformation, and the Reason thus explains the Assertion's vision.

The knowledge-society goal builds directly on the foundations of access and equity already laid.

The policy stresses foundational literacy, Indian values and equitable high-quality education for all.

NEP 2020 replaced the National Policy on Education of 1986.