Which step best matches the adolescent-focused approach of the National Population Policy?

Correct answer: Providing health and life-skills education in schools

Direct answer: B. An adolescent-focused policy recognizes that young people need age-appropriate knowledge, health awareness and life skills. Schools are useful places for providing correct information and helping students develop communication, decision-making and responsible behaviour. A is wrong because withholding health information can increase confusion and vulnerability. C is wrong because increasing factories may relate to industry and employment, but it is not the specific adolescent health measure described here. D is wrong because reducing foreign trade is an economic decision unrelated to adolescent support. B is the only option that directly addresses education and life skills for adolescents. Memory cue: adolescent-focused policy means information, counselling, education and life skills—not exclusion or unrelated economic action.