Paper 1 · Higher Education
UGC NET December 2021 June 2022 (11.10.2022) Shift-II
Given below are two statements. Statement I: Skill-based education is focused on the idea that it may be learned better if it is practised in real life. Statement II: Non-conventional higher education is totally based on the teaching-learning activities offered on campus with fixed-time classes. In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.
- Statement I: Skill-based education holds that skills are learned better through real-life practice.
- Statement II: Non-conventional higher education is totally based on on-campus, fixed-time classroom activities.
ABoth Statement I and Statement II are true
BBoth Statement I and Statement II are false
CStatement I is true but Statement II is false ✓ Correct
DStatement I is false but Statement II is true
Correct answer: (C) Statement I is true but Statement II is false — The answer is that Statement I is true but Statement II is false.
Explanation
★The answer is that Statement I is true but Statement II is false.
★Skill-based education does hold that skills are learned better through real-life practice.
★So Statement I is true.
★Non-conventional higher education works away from fixed on-campus classes, using flexible and distance modes.
★So the claim that it is totally campus-based with fixed-time classes makes Statement II false.
★Thus only the first statement holds.
★So the answer is that Statement I is true but Statement II is false.
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