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Centre abolishes ‘no detention policy’
Context
The central government has abolished the no-detention policy for students in classes 5 and 8, allowing schools to hold back students who fail annual examinations. The change affects more than 3,000 central government schools, including Kendriya Vidyalayas, Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas and Sainik Schools.
About the Policy change
- The policy was initially introduced as part of the 2009 Right to Education (RTE) Act that made free and compulsory education a fundamental right for children aged 6-14 years.
- The policy change, notified on December 16 through amendments to the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Rules, 2010, introduces what it calls a balanced approach to student assessment.
- While allowing schools to hold back students, it mandates remedial instruction and re-examination opportunities.
- Under the newly notified Rules, schools must provide failed students with additional instruction and a chance to retake examinations within two months.
- These assessments must be “competency-based examinations to achieve the holistic development of the child and not be based on memorisation and procedural skills.”
- Following the amendment to the Right to Education Act (RTE) in 2019, at least 18 states and Union Territories have already done away with the 'no-detention policy' for the two classes.
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