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Published on:
Jan 01, 2025
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The Centre has decided to end the No Detention Policy (NDP) for students in classes V and VIII in government, CBSE schools from the academic session 2024-25. This will end the practice of automatically promoting the students who failed their year end exams. According to a gazette notification, after the conduct of regular examinations, children who do not meet the promotion criteria will get a chance to retake the exams within two months of the result declaration. The decision is supposed to affect over 3,000 central schools, including Kendriya Vidyalayas, Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas, Sainik Schools (under the ministry of defence), and Eklavya Model Residential Schools (under the ministry of tribal affairs).
The NDP was introduced in 2009 under the RTE Act, which aimed to provide free and compulsory education to everychild up to class VIII. The primary goal was to prevent students from being held back due to poor academic perforpouts. feel thajor factor contribu perfor mand dropouts. Experts feel that the recent decision would prove beneficial as the provision of NDP left students Prepared for board exams and contributed to higher failure rates. While the revised system will provide supplementry opportunities to those who fail, it will address significant learning gaps that have developed over the years
Sanyam Bhardwaj, controller of examinations, CBSE, highlighted the need to handhold the students who perform poorly in school. The move will bring increased accountability among all stakeholders, including students, teachers, schools, and parents. The policy will prevent complacency among students and parents who assumed automatic promotion regardless of any effort. Due to NDP, several students were not studying properly, which led them to reach the higher classes without the necessary knowledge. This made it challenging for them to cope, he says.
The revised policy will introduce positive pressure, encouraging students and parents to take academics more seriously. Meanwhile, the weak students will not be left behind as the system provides supplementary opportunities for those who fail to meet the required standards. In the new system, there is no need for extra classes diligent efforts by both students and teachers during regular school hours are sufficient. Securing 33% marks is an achievable target. Anyone failing to meet this mark reflects a lack of effort from all the parties involved, Bhardwaj adds.
Published on: Education Times
Date: 01.01.2025
