Centre scraps 'no detention policy' for classes 5 and 8 students who fail to clear year-end exams: Officials
"The head of the school shall maintain a list of children who are held back and personally monitor the provisions provided for specialised inputs to such children and their progress with respect to the identified learning gaps," the notification read.
According to senior Ministry of Education officials, the notification will be applicable to over 3,000 schools run by the central government, including Kendriya Vidyalayas, Navodaya Vidyalayas, and Sainik Schools.
"Since school education is a state subject, states can make their decision in this regard. Already 16 states and 2 UTs, including Delhi, have done away with the no-detention policy for these two classes. Haryana and Puducherry have not made any decision yet, while remaining states and UTs have decided to continue with the policy," a senior official said.
States and UTs that have scrapped the no-detention policy include Assam, Bihar, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Delhi, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, and Jammu and Kashmir.
Asked about the delay in the notification since the amendment was approved in 2019, the official explained that the new National Education Policy (NEP) was announced within six months of the amendment. "By the time the amendment was made, NEP was announced within a few months. The department (school education and literacy) decided to wait till the recommendations of the new National Curriculum Framework (NCF) were ready to take a holistic view."
The NCF was ready in 2023, and subsequently, the Ministry of Education took the decision and made some changes in rules of RTE implementation," the official added.
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