UGC NET Education Q38

Question

Given below are two statements: One is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): Education enables upward social economic mobility and is a key for escaping poverty. Over the past decade major progress was made towards increased access to education and enrolment at all levels particularly for girls.
Reason (R): The global pandemic has far reaching consequences that may jeopardize hard won gains made in improving school education.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Accepted Answer

is not correct but (R) is correct.