No-detention Policy

Abolishing the no-detention policy, the West Bengal government has decided to bring back the ''pass-fail'' system in classes five and eight from the next academic session.

Manish Sisodia, Delhi's Education minister, said sans a step-wise implementation plan, the National Education Policy (NEP) may end up in a "disaster" like the no-detention policy.

Manish Sisodia, the Delhi Education Minister, lauded the move to remove the no detention policy but also said that it should be reintroduced after 'having a full proof systematic change in education sector'.

The Lok Sabha today passed The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (Second Amendment) Bill 2017 which allows detention of school students in class 5 and 8.

The Delhi High Court has granted last opportunity to municipal bodies here to file replies on a PIL alleging that the no-detention policy in MCD and government schools till Class 8 has led to a situation where over 70 per cent students are unable to read Hindi or English.

Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia has lauded the Centre's decision to scrap the no- detention policy, saying it was poorly implemented.

The Union Cabinet today approved the scrapping of the no-detention policy in schools till Class 8. It also gave its nod to the Human Resource Development Ministry's plan of creating 20 world-class institutions in the country.

The Union Cabinet has approved the scrapping of the no-detention policy in schools till Class 8. An enabling provision will be made in the Right of Children for Free and Compulsory Education Amendment Bill which will allow states to detain students in class 5 and class 8 if they fail in the year-end exam.

The government will soon introduce a bill in Parliament to do away with the 'no-detention' policy for classes 5 to 8, Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar said in the Lok Sabha on Friday.

The government has decided to do away with the no-detention policy for students from the next academic session, Union minister Mahendra Nath Pandey said.

Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE) sub committee has recommended major changes to the 'no detention policy' that covers the elementary stage of schooling (Classes 1 to 8).

"Don't mess around with the youth and education" in order to avoid a "perilous" future, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday warned the Centre and attacked it for "reducing" the Central education budget which he said would "ruin" the country.

Delhi government will soon bring an amendment in the Right to Education (RTE) Act and do away with the 'no-detention policy' till class VIII as has been done in number of states.

The West Bengal government has written to the Centre in its support for scrapping the no-detention policy in schools.

Most states in the country, including Maharashtra, want the Centre to amend the Right to Education Act and revoke its no-detention policy for students of Classes I to VIII, a state minister has said.

Abolishing the no-detention policy, the West Bengal government has decided to bring back the ''pass-fail'' system in classes five and eight from the next academic session.

Manish Sisodia, Delhi's Education minister, said sans a step-wise implementation plan, the National Education Policy (NEP) may end up in a "disaster" like the no-detention policy.

Manish Sisodia, the Delhi Education Minister, lauded the move to remove the no detention policy but also said that it should be reintroduced after 'having a full proof systematic change in education sector'.

The Lok Sabha today passed The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (Second Amendment) Bill 2017 which allows detention of school students in class 5 and 8.

The Delhi High Court has granted last opportunity to municipal bodies here to file replies on a PIL alleging that the no-detention policy in MCD and government schools till Class 8 has led to a situation where over 70 per cent students are unable to read Hindi or English.

Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia has lauded the Centre's decision to scrap the no- detention policy, saying it was poorly implemented.

The Union Cabinet today approved the scrapping of the no-detention policy in schools till Class 8. It also gave its nod to the Human Resource Development Ministry's plan of creating 20 world-class institutions in the country.

The Union Cabinet has approved the scrapping of the no-detention policy in schools till Class 8. An enabling provision will be made in the Right of Children for Free and Compulsory Education Amendment Bill which will allow states to detain students in class 5 and class 8 if they fail in the year-end exam.

The government will soon introduce a bill in Parliament to do away with the 'no-detention' policy for classes 5 to 8, Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar said in the Lok Sabha on Friday.

The government has decided to do away with the no-detention policy for students from the next academic session, Union minister Mahendra Nath Pandey said.

Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE) sub committee has recommended major changes to the 'no detention policy' that covers the elementary stage of schooling (Classes 1 to 8).

"Don't mess around with the youth and education" in order to avoid a "perilous" future, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday warned the Centre and attacked it for "reducing" the Central education budget which he said would "ruin" the country.

Delhi government will soon bring an amendment in the Right to Education (RTE) Act and do away with the 'no-detention policy' till class VIII as has been done in number of states.

The West Bengal government has written to the Centre in its support for scrapping the no-detention policy in schools.

Most states in the country, including Maharashtra, want the Centre to amend the Right to Education Act and revoke its no-detention policy for students of Classes I to VIII, a state minister has said.