Education - GS questions based on daily current affairs

1)   What is ‘Mobile Academy’?

a. Training course for ASHAs
b. Initiative to give education through mobile phones
c. A moving school imparting education in least accessible areas
d. None of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Training course for ASHAs

Explanation:
Mobile Academy is a free audio training course designed to expand and refresh the knowledge base of Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) and improve their communication skills. Mobile Academy offers ASHAs a training opportunity via their mobile phones which is both cost-effective and efficient. It reduces the need to travel – sometimes great distances – and provides them the flexibility they need to learn at their own pace and at times they find convenient. Mobile Academy is being launched in Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttarakhand.


2)   Which of the following statements is / are correct?

1. Padhe Bharat Badhe Bharat is a nationwide sub-program of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan.
2. It aims to educate 80 million adults in the age group of 15 - 35 over an eighty-year period. 


a. Only 1
b. Only 2
c. Both 1 and 2
d. None of the above.
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Only 1

Explanation:
The program is designed to improve comprehensive early reading, writing and early mathematics program for children in Classes I and II.