{"id":28306,"date":"2018-10-24T11:46:37","date_gmt":"2018-10-24T06:16:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=28306"},"modified":"2018-10-24T11:46:37","modified_gmt":"2018-10-24T06:16:37","slug":"ls-clears-detention-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/ls-clears-detention-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"LS clears detention policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/todays-paper\/tp-national\/ls-clears-detention-policy\/article24456036.ece\">LS clears detention policy<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>News:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>A Bill to amend the Right to Education (RTE) Act to abolish the \u2018no detention policy\u2019 in schools was passed in the Lok Sabha.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong><u>Important facts:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>2. The demand for repeal of \u2018no detention\u2019 policy was made by many States and UTs in recent years which observed students scoring poor marks.<\/p>\n<p>3. Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar moved the \u2018The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (Second Amendment) Bill, 2017\u2019, which sought for regular examination in Classes V and VIII.<\/p>\n<p>4. The Minister said that it would be at the discretion of the States whether to continue with no detention or not.<\/p>\n<p><u>5. Present act<\/u> deals with the following provisions:<\/p>\n<p>6. Under the current provisions of the RTE Act, no student can be detained till class 8 and all students are promoted to the next grade.<\/p>\n<p><u>7. Amended Act:<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The amended Act will now have provisions not only for examination in both these classes.<\/li>\n<li>It will also extend powers to the State to hold back children, if they fail in re-examination \u2014 also provisioned in the amended Bill.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u>8. Arguments in favour of amended Bill:<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The amendment was necessary to improve the \u201clearning outcomes\u201d<\/li>\n<li>It will brings accountability in elementary education system.<\/li>\n<li>The amendment will help in revocation of \u201cno detention \u201c policy in Classes V and VIII, enabling States now to allow schools to fail the child if he\/she fails in either or both Classes and withhold their promotion to next standard.<\/li>\n<li>In States such as Sikkim, Kerala, and Telangana, the students, who were studying in private schools, had come back to government schools.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u>9. Arguments against amendment:<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Some opposition parties critised this move and saying the State governments should be given control on this.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u>10. Suggestion:<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The government should form uniform guidelines for conduction exams and leave it to the State on how the exams should be conducted.<\/li>\n<li>Teachers training, quality and accountability is most important in this regard.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LS clears detention policy News: A Bill to amend the Right to Education (RTE) Act to abolish the \u2018no detention policy\u2019 in schools was passed in the Lok Sabha. Important facts: 2. 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