Law Ministry Approves Restricting No-Detention Policy To Class V

India’s Law Ministry on Sunday approved a Human Resource and Development (HRD) Ministry proposal to restrict the policy of no-detention from the current Class VIII to Class V.

It said that the HRD Ministry can make modifications in the Right to Education Act as the suggestion was based on the recommendation by a panel and is connected to matter of policy. It further said that there should not be any objection to modify the rule that no student admitted in a school shall be failed in any class or expelled from school until Class V.

Law Ministry noted:

Earlier, department of legal affairs in the Law Ministry said in a note that state governments if required may make rules for failing a student in classes VI, VII or VIII if more chances may be given (to students to reappear in exams). The note also said that that the HRD Ministry came to the conclusion to restrict the no-detention policy to Class V from Class VIII after going through several consequences of the present provision.