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At Achievers’ School, students from economically underprivileged backgrounds, who study free of charge under the company’s social responsibility clause, tend to spend less time in school on a school day than the financially well-to-do fee paying students. This is despite the fact that on average economically underprivileged children have more pressing academic needs than the fee paying-students. However, despite the mentioned circumstances, the state’s education board concluded that the economically underprivileged students are receiving proper academic attention at Achievers’ School.
Which of the following, if true, most helps to explain the situation above?
Premise - Economically underprivileged students [EUS] spend less time on a school day than financially well-to-do students.
Conclusion - EUS are receiving proper academic attention at Achievers’ School.
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A. The company’s social responsibility clause was established under pressure from non-profit organizations.
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B. The school organizes free educational workshops on the weekends that are mostly attended by students who cannot afford private tuitions.
Info is provided in the stem that on a school day EUS spend less time in school than well-to-do students. EUS might have household responsiblities(like taking care of siblings, helping parents in chores,part time jov etc) that they need to attend. Hence spend less time in school, but in order to compensate the loss in their studies, EUS attends workshops on weekends so that thier academic needs don't suffer.
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C. The school has a lot of free of charge sports and extra-curricular activities designed especially for economically under-privileged children.
All the extra-curricular activities will be done in the school premises in school time . Option C contradicts the premise given in the stem , if the EUS are in school the whole time, then how their time differs from well-to-do students.
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D. The student-teacher ratio at Achievers’ School is the same for both the economically privileged and the economically underprivileged students.
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E. The average time taken to conduct a paid tutoring session is significantly lower than the average time taken to conduct a regularly scheduled class.
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