Assertion (A): Curriculum planners should consider socioeconomic factors when designing educational programs to address cultural disparities among students.
Reason (R): Socioeconomic factors such as poor home environments can impact students' ability to respond to standardized curricula, necessitating compensatory education initiatives.
Choose the correct option:
1
Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
2
Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
3
(A) is true, but (R) is false.
4
(A) is false, but (R) is true.