Detention Policy

A regular examination is conducted in the fifth class and eighth class at the end of each academic year.¹

If a child fails an examination conducted, he/she is provided with additional instruction and granted an opportunity for re-appearing for the examination within two months from the declaration of the result.² The students may be held back in the fifth or eighth standard if they fail in the re-examination.³ The discretion for the same lies with the Government.⁴ States such as Delhi and Gujarat have implemented this to hold back students who fail their re-assessment in classes 5 and 8.

This no-detention policy states that:

• No child can be expelled from the school till the completion of elementary education.⁵
• No child can be expelled from the school for failing to clear the examination.
• No child shall be required to pass any Board examination till completion of elementary education.⁶

1. Section 16(1), The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009. [↩]
2. Section 16(2), The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009. [↩]
3. Section 16(3), The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009. [↩]
4. Section 16(4), The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009. [↩]
5. Section 16(4), The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009. [↩]
6. Section 30, The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009. [↩]