No-detention Policy In Schools May Trash From Next Year: Union Minister Mahendra Nath Pandey

The government might scrap the no-detention policy with the start of next academic year, according to Union minister of state for human resources development Mahendra Nath Pandey.

This comes as a reason for the negative impact of the policy which affected the basic education of the country. The 'No Detention Policy' is an initiative of the government of India according to which no student can be detained in one standard for more than one academic year. The policy is applicable from class 1 to 8th.

He said on Thursday (6th July 2017) that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has decided to transform 20 universities of the country into world class ones and the ministry was working in this direction. The HRD ministry said many states have expressed worry over declining education quality due to the no-detention policy

Pandey added, “Many states have expressed worry over declining education quality due to the no-detention policy and supported to remove it. Eyeing this, a decision has been made where the Centre approved that the no-detention policy can be uprooted from the next academic year.”

The minister said the state governments will decide if they want to continue with the policy or remove it. The policy comes under the Right to Education (RTE) Act, 2009, in which no child admitted in a school will be held back in any class or expelled till the completion of elementary education.

He added, “There has been a unanimous decision of withdrawing the no-detention policy from the Right to Education Act 2009.”