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No detention policy 2024
December 25 , 2024
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- The Centre has scrapped the no-detention policy in schools governed by it.
- It is also including Kendriya Vidyalayas and Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas.
- This allowing them to fail Classes 5 and 8 students who do not clear the year-end exams
- The Right to Education Act of 2009 was amended in 2019 to include a clause that allowed the “appropriate government” to decide on holding back children in Classes 5 and 8.
- 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.
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