PASSAGE 12 (Questions 6-10)

Directions: In the below given passage, there are blanks each of which has been numbered. Five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.

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The main problem facing the education sector is that of a resource crunch. The provisions for ensuring universal access to education are all very well __(6)__ we have the infrastructure in place first. Brick and mortar schools need to precede open admission and not the __(7)__way around. In that sense, legislators' assessment of ground realities is __(8)__ target when they endorse the closure of tens of thousands low-cost private schools for not meeting the minimum standards of land plot. Building specifications and play ground area as laid out in the RTE Act. Instead of bearing down __(9)__ on private schools for failing to conform to abstract bureaucratic criteria, efforts to bring about universal education should focus on upgrading and expanding the existing government school infrastructure to accommodate all. Only then can we ensure the much-needed supply-demand __(10)__ in the education sector. 

[Corporation Bank(PO), 2011]

Select the appropriate word for blank 6.