- Step 1: The question uses "Except," meaning we are looking for the option that is actually mentioned as a problem in the passage.
- Step 2: The passage clearly highlights that the task of universalising education is complicated by "various socio-economic and cultural factors."
- Step 3: Poverty and male chauvinism are not directly blamed in this passage. "Celebrating festivals" is not mentioned at all.
- Step 4: Therefore, the only issue explicitly noted is option (b).