There are two statements marked as Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Mark your answer as per the options given below.

Assertion: Though, on an average, the government spends less on tertiary education, ‘expenditure per student’ in tertiary education is higher than that of elementary.
Reasoning:It has been suggested that the financial resources should be transferred from tertiary education to elementary education.

Assertion (A) is true but Reasoning (R) is not correct.

Elementary education takes a major share of total education expenditure and the share of the higher/tertiary education (institutions of higher learning like colleges, polytechnics and universities) is the least. Though, on an average, the government spends less on tertiary education, ‘expenditure per student’ in tertiary education is higher than that of elementary. This does not mean that financial resources should be transferred from tertiary education to elementary education.