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Difficulty: MediumLiteral Comprehension and Fact Retrieval

Read the passage below carefully:

The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) was originally established as the Education Tax Fund (ETF) under Act No. 7 of 1993, which was subsequently amended by Act No. 40 of 1998. The primary objective of establishing the fund was to address deteriorating infrastructure and funding deficits in Nigeria's public tertiary institutions. Under the original 1993 mandate, tax revenues collected from registered companies operating within Nigeria were distributed across all tiers of public education, including primary and secondary schools. However, following the enactment of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund Act of 2011, the agency was renamed and its intervention scope was strictly narrowed to benefit public tertiary institutions only.

Statement: Following the enactment of the 2011 Act, the fund's financial coverage was expanded to include primary and secondary public schools.

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The statement is False.
The statement is false because the passage explicitly states that following the enactment of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund Act of 2011, the scope of funding was strictly narrowed to public tertiary institutions only, rather than expanded.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Locate the explicit detail in the text regarding the scope of the 2011 Act.
The passage states that under the Tertiary Education Trust Fund Act of 2011, the agency's intervention scope was 'strictly narrowed to benefit public tertiary institutions only.'
To verify what the passage literally says about the 2011 statutory change.
2
Compare the statement's claim with the retrieved text fact.
The statement claims that the 2011 Act expanded coverage to primary and secondary schools, directly contradicting the passage text which indicates those tiers were excluded under the narrowed mandate.
To determine whether the statement is factually true or false strictly based on passage evidence.

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Literal Comprehension and Fact Retrieval
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