UPSC Prelims 2017 · Question 38 of 99
UPSC Prelims 2017 question on Vidyanjali Yojana
- ExamUPSC CSE
- Year2017
- PaperGeneral Studies Paper I
- SubjectInternational Relations
- TopicCurrent Affairs
- DifficultyMedium
- TypeStatement
What is the purpose of ‘Vidyanjali Yojana’?
1. To enable the famous foreign educational institutions to open their campuses in India.
2. To increase the quality of education provided in government schools by taking help from the private sector and the community.
3. To encourage voluntary monetary contributions from private individuals and organizations so as to improve the infrastructure facilities for primary and secondary schools.
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
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Answer: A. 2 only
Verdict
The answer is 2 only. Vidyanjali aims to improve government school education through private and community help, not foreign campuses or infrastructure funding.
Analysis
Statement 2 is CORRECT. The scheme brings volunteers into government schools to supplement, not replace, regular professionally qualified teachers, contributing to the overall development of the child through activities such as public speaking, creative writing, counselling, music and dance. Statement 1 is INCORRECT. Foreign university campuses are a separate higher education policy question. Statement 3 is INCORRECT. Vidyanjali mobilises volunteer time and skills rather than monetary contributions for infrastructure.
Source
Press Information Bureau release and press reporting on the scheme.
How to crack it
Decode the name, since vidya means knowledge and anjali means an offering made with cupped hands, so the scheme is about offering knowledge, that is volunteering time, rather than offering money. Then ask what resource each option mobilises, because statement 2 mobilises people and statement 3 mobilises funds, and the name settles which. Reading a Sanskrit derived scheme name for the resource it invokes is a reliable move across the schemes syllabus.
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