A large number of educators surveyed view that higher education

A large number of educators surveyed view that higher education especially in technology subjects as Electronics and Civil Engineering is outdated at present but that they will or could be made appropriately contemporary in the near future.

A. that they will, or could,

B. that they would, or could,

C. it will be or could

D. believe that such education will be or can

E. believe that such education would or could

I feel this question tests meaning clarity and a little bit of pronoun-knowledge more than anything else.
MEANING: This sentence is conveying a concrete opinion formed by the educators. For the time-being, assume that the opinion were expressed in 1st person i.e.

"We view the system of higher education (SHE) as currently outdated. However, even though the SHE is indeed outdated at present (due to whatever shortcomings (inherent in SHE AND/OR some other non-inherent ones not addressed right NOW), we believe that the SHE can be improvised upon (at least by addressing the primary category of shortcomings i.e. the inherent ones), after which it will definitely be in a position to be reinforced in the near future (assuming an ideal state for implementation exists), and if not then (due to the other non-inherent shortcomings still present), then it CAN certainly be reinforced at some other point of time beyond this point in distant future (obviously once the other non-inherent issues are sorted out)

In summary, the intent of these educators in stating their opinion is clear. They are sure of the practicability of the SHE once ALL the limitations affecting it are ironed out, IT WILL WORK NO MATTER WHAT!!

Back to the answer choices..

A, B out as "they" inappropriately refers to the SHE, which is singular as we are talking about A SYSTEM. Also, if it were to refer to the only plural antecedent, educators, it would not make sense as people cannot be made contemporary. They themselves could exist as contemporaries of some other subject (person)..

C/D/E: The most debated...

C: Again pronoun issue. There is a clause/parallelism issue here also. Anyways, for those of us if pronoun/parallelism is baffling most of us, go back to the meaning....For a moment, if I were to wrongly assume that "it" does indeed refer to the SHE, then the sentence may be interpreted as...
"The educators view that even though the SHE IS currently outdated, the SHE WILL be reinforced in future (100% certainity of implementation), and if not then, then it COULD be reinforced (Uncertainity creeps in, opinion no longer remains concrete; as if the probability of the SHE getting reinforced in the distant future drops down just because it was not reinforced on the first attempt)...
D: Correct choice...Ably conveys intent of the sentence.
E: " Would" introduces an element of hope or a wish as if it were to convey that the educators desired that the SHE be reinforced in a contemporary sense. A wish cannot be an opinion.

Answer: D.