UGC NET Questions (Paper – 1)

Remedial teaching focuses on helping learners who have not achieved expected levels of performance due to specific gaps or misconceptions. It is based on prior diagnosis of their difficulties through tests or observation. The aim is to provide targeted instruction and practice to overcome these problems. Therefore, the specialised teaching described in the stem is correctly termed remedial teaching.

Option A:
Remedial teaching involves adapting content, method and pace to suit learners who need extra help. It often includes re-teaching, additional examples and close monitoring. Since the stem emphasises instruction after identifying difficulties, remedial is the precise label that fits.

Option B:
Formal teaching refers broadly to structured education within an institution and does not specifically denote corrective instruction after diagnosis. It includes both regular and remedial work.

Option C:
Incidental teaching happens informally as opportunities arise, without planned correction of diagnosed problems, so it does not capture the targeted nature of remediation.

Option D:
Mass teaching suggests instruction delivered to large groups without individualisation, which is the opposite of the focused, corrective approach used in remedial programmes.