Detention Policy

Last updated on May 30, 2024

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. []

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