Comprehension:
Read the following passage and answer the questions given after it.
Homeschooling, an alternative approach to education, is a way of learning outside the defined parameters of school education. It puts the parents/guardians in charge of their child's all-round development. What and how to teach is determined by the parents who might not follow the curriculum of any education board. Parents either choose not to enrol their children in schools or-as is most prevalent in India-when a school's approach doesn't align with a child's needs, they pull their children out of school.
While there are no estimates of the number of homeschooled children in India, the cities of Mumbai, Pune, Bengaluru and Hyderabad seem to have most of the homeschooling communities.
In India, the concept initially catered to specially-abled children who needed more parental support. But with the rise of concerns over a stringent education system, some parents started experimenting with the approach. Other reasons include concerns about bullying, child abuse, inefficient teaching practices and children wanting to build careers outside of academics.
"Ever since I was a child, like many other parents today, I have always questioned traditional schooling. But back then people didn't pay heed to my concerns. The questions resurged when I had children; they were curious about the world around them, and we noticed that even after enrolling them in the best of schools, their emotional intelligence wasn't being acknowledged," says Sharadha Gerg (36), who has been homeschooling her two daughters since 2015. She soon realized that they wanted to be in charge of their own learning. Like many other parents, she felt that pulling them out of school and giving them an all-round education through home schooling, was the ideal way for them to grow and learn.
Select the UNTRUE option among the following statements.
Parents who choose homeschooling pull their children out of school so that their children can:
- Aexcel in board examinations
- Bexplore their own interests
- Cbe in charge of their learning
- Denjoy the process of learning
Solution & Step-by-step Explanation
The text states that parents who homeschool "might not follow the curriculum of any education board." Their goal is personalized all-round development, exploring unique interests, and letting them control their learning, rather than standard alignment to excel specifically in formal board examinations. Thus, Option A is the untrue choice.