Carcass wrote:
In general, jobs are harder to get in times of economic recession because many businesses cut back operations. However, any future recessions in Vargonia will probably not reduce the availability of teaching jobs at government-funded schools. This is because Vargonia has just introduced a legal requirement that education in government-funded schools be available, free of charge, to all Vargonian children regardless of the state of the economy, and that current student-teacher ratios not be exceeded.
Conclusion- Any future recessions in Vargonia will probably not reduce the availability of teaching jobs at government-funded schools.
Premise- 1. Education in government-funded schools WILL be available free of charge, to all Vargonian children.
2. Current student-teacher ratios not be exceeded.
Assumption- If students increase, automatically vacancies for teachers will also increase to SUPPORT THE CONCLUSION.....
Therefore, any statement supporting the increase of students, will support additional vacancies of teachers in government schools. And as more jobs for teachers are created, recession would have affected government teaching jobs less ......infact would have benefitted them more..... Now lets see the answers...
A. The current student-teacher ratio at Vargonia's government-funded schools is higher than it was during the most recent period of economic recession. We are looking into what will happen in future.... will teaching jobs increase...which is only possible if students increase... HENCE IRRELEVANT.
B. During recent periods when the Vargonian economy has been strong, almost 25 percent of Vargonian children have attended privately funded schools, many of which charge substantial fees. During recession students will throng free education schools as fees higher in private funded schools... CORRECT...
C. Nearly 20 percent more teachers are currently employed in Vargonia's government-funded schools than had been employed in those schools in the period before the last economic recession. Does'nt matter.... The ratio should not increase. How much is the ratio presently is IRRELEVANT...
D. Teachers in Vargonia's government-funded schools are well paid relative to teachers in most privately funded schools in Vargonia, many of which rely heavily on part-time teachers. present pay package of teachers is not relevant......Increase in vacancies is..... and it can only increase if students increase... Hence IRRELEVANT..
E. During the last economic recession in Vargonia, the government permanently closed a number of the schools that it had funded. What hapenned last time does'nt make a difference.... We are talking of the next recession... HENCE IRRELEVANT...
I have an issue with this question and your explanation for answer choice D. I would argue that choices B. and D. are complementary and here is my explanation:
B supports the assumption that the number of students will increase. Now, the argument states that a policy has been instituted to impose an upper limit on the student-teacher ratio (and not a lower limit as your explanation for D. would imply). So, per the argument, if B actually leads to an increase in the number of students, then the DEMAND for teachers will increase since the policy allows for that. However, without a situation such as that illustrated by D, there is no guarantee that many teachers will be interested in the offer and so the unemployment rate might not increase. Hope you find my explanation logical.
26 Jul 2022, 02:33
21% (01:57) correct
