What was a reported effect of PKP's education reforms?

• A. Literacy declined despite reforms.
• B. Expanded access increased literacy and opportunities.
• C. Social mobility decreased.
• D. Literacy rates remained unchanged.

Answer: (B)

Expanding access to education typically boosts literacy and broadens people’s opportunities. PKP’s reforms aimed at universal schooling, free and compulsory primary education, and extending schools into rural areas, along with improving teacher training. With more children and adults able to learn, literacy rates rose and people gained access to higher levels of schooling and better job prospects, creating greater social and economic opportunities. The other outcomes—literacy declining, social mobility shrinking, or no change—run counter to what happens when access to education is widened, making increased literacy and opportunities the most plausible reported effect.