NEP 2020 allows small colleges to join together as clusters that can collectively satisfy requirements for becoming a university. The idea is to pool resources, governance and academic programmes to create viable multidisciplinary institutions rather than many weak single colleges.
Option A:
A lone college with no partners is not a cluster by definition. NEP explicitly uses clustering as a consolidation strategy, so this option is incorrect.
Option B:
This option clearly states that several geographically proximate colleges function as one unit in the path toward university status. It mirrors the NEP explanation and is therefore correct.
Option C:
Virtual teacher groups can be useful for CPD but do not correspond to the structural notion of cluster universities described in the policy.
Option D:
School complexes apply to school education, not higher education. Cluster universities are about HEIs, so equating them with primary level complexes is inaccurate.
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