Observe the fragment: In order to carry out a Skills Gap Ana...

 d)learner knowledge

Determine what your learner alread knows. This is your "current situation". Notice how current situation is between quotation marks, implying that it's not actually something related to a present-day time event, but a way to mark out the user's status and where it stacks up against the desired course outcome. 

Consoante o texto, "current situation" é o modo como o autor se refere ao conhecimento do aprendiz, determinado pela análise proposta anteriormente