Which of the phrases (1), (2), (3) and (4) given below each statement should be placed in the blank space provided so as to make meaningful and grammatically correct sentence?
While education in rural areas is free, the mindset there is such that more working hands equals more money to put food on the table and clothes on their back; ____________.
1
The government should first try to remove poverty from these places.
2
Thus they always look for employment opportunities everywhere.
3
Instead of sending children to school, parents send them to work and make them earn a living at a tender age.
4
They try to have more children without thinking of how to provide them with the basic necessities of life.