December 25, 2024 9:15 am
The union government has scrapped the 'no-detention policy' for classes 5 and 8 in schools governed by it allowing them to fail students who do not clear the year-end exams.
January 19, 2019 12:25 am
The RTE Amendment Bill, recently passed in Rajya Sabha, has again triggered the periodic debate between anti-detentionists — votaries of No-Detention Policy (NDP) — and detentionists.
August 24, 2015 12:00 am
Despite no-detention policy, thousands of children are being left behind in learning outcomes. We need to reconsider it.
August 21, 2015 8:10 am
The Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE) on Wednesday made a strong pitch for scrapping the no-detention policy for Classes I to VIII, along with bringing back board exams in Class X.
November 27, 2014 1:48 am
The advisory board had constituted the sub-committee under the chairmanship of the then Haryana Education Minister Geeta Bukkal to examine the no-detention policy.



