New Bill to allow States to drop no-detention policy
The Ministry of Human Resource Development will be initiating a Bill to modify, the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009, empowered the states to drop the no-detention policy if they want to. The bill has been cleared by the cabinet.
The Twenty-five States are ready to drop no-detention policy, according to which a child cannot be detained till Class 8. This step is only taken to uplift the standard of learning. So the Centre government has handed over the power to the State Government to decide and adjust the RTE Act according to them. The Bill will be surely allowing the States to introduce board examinations in Classes 5 and 8.
Definition of the "no detention policy"
The no-detention policy was initiated as an integral section of the Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) underneath the Right to Education Act (RTE) in 2010.This policy depicts all the students to be promoted to the next class till they are in class 8 without detaining them even if they fail to score the passing marks. The no-detention policy underneath the RTE Act assures that none of the children will be detained or dismissed from the school before completing the primary education.
The policy was initiated with the view of delivering all the children the primary education without any breaks in between, but the policy became a topic for arguments rather than being appreciated.
Opinions of the Professionals:-
This policy has eluded condemnations by many states and schools which complain that it will harm the academic diligence and learning parameters.
The TSR Subramanian bureau for the formulation of the National Policy on Education has recommended stopping the ‘no detention' policy after Class V. It had advised for the mending of the detention policies, extra coaching classes and provide tow more opportunities to each student to get promoted to the next higher class.
A sub-commission of the Central Advisory Board of Education have scrutinized the issue properly and advised a short-term detainment clause at Classes 5 and 8. In 2013, some prominent panel of the parliaments had also optioned the government to reconsider the policy of regular promotion till Class 8th.
The Twenty-five States are ready to drop no-detention policy, according to which a child cannot be detained till Class 8. This step is only taken to uplift the standard of learning. So the Centre government has handed over the power to the State Government to decide and adjust the RTE Act according to them. The Bill will be surely allowing the States to introduce board examinations in Classes 5 and 8.
Definition of the "no detention policy"
The no-detention policy was initiated as an integral section of the Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) underneath the Right to Education Act (RTE) in 2010.This policy depicts all the students to be promoted to the next class till they are in class 8 without detaining them even if they fail to score the passing marks. The no-detention policy underneath the RTE Act assures that none of the children will be detained or dismissed from the school before completing the primary education.
The policy was initiated with the view of delivering all the children the primary education without any breaks in between, but the policy became a topic for arguments rather than being appreciated.
Opinions of the Professionals:-
This policy has eluded condemnations by many states and schools which complain that it will harm the academic diligence and learning parameters.
The TSR Subramanian bureau for the formulation of the National Policy on Education has recommended stopping the ‘no detention' policy after Class V. It had advised for the mending of the detention policies, extra coaching classes and provide tow more opportunities to each student to get promoted to the next higher class.
A sub-commission of the Central Advisory Board of Education have scrutinized the issue properly and advised a short-term detainment clause at Classes 5 and 8. In 2013, some prominent panel of the parliaments had also optioned the government to reconsider the policy of regular promotion till Class 8th.
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