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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | ‘No detention doesn’t mean no exams’ -Akshaya Mukul

‘No detention doesn’t mean no exams’ -Akshaya Mukul

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published Published on Jun 4, 2013   modified Modified on Jun 4, 2013
-The Times of India


NEW DELHI: No-detention provision in the Right to Education (RTE) Act is being touted as a big barrier towards quality education but a comprehensive report by the HRD ministry has revealed that 25 states already had no-detention policy even before the historical law came into force in 2009.

It has also been revealed through analysis of District Information of System of Education data that learning ability in states with no-detention is on the rise. The report clarifies no-detention does not mean no examination should be conducted.

No detention ranged from class III to VIII. In Andhra Pradesh, no detention from class I to VI has been prevalent since 1975. Examination was only till class VII, but even before the RTE came into the force it was extended up to class IX. Take the other big states. In Haryana, no detention is followed till class III since 1979. Himachal Pradesh that protested against the no-detention provision was practicing it class III and from 2009 it has been extended up to 2009. In Madhya Pradesh, no child was failed from class I to VI before RTE was introduced. In Maharashtra, no detention till class II is in practice since 2001, and in Uttar Pradesh from even earlier. In West Bengal, children are held back till class IV since 1984. In Tamil Nadu, no detention till class till class V has been in vogue since 1998. Only seven states did not have no-detention policy.

The HRD report while setting straight many misconceptions about Continuous & Comprehensive Evaluation said 25 states have fully implemented it, and introduced some kind of written examination that ranges from paper pencil test, semester end test, summative as well as formative assessment. The report points out that the annual drop out rate was 9.1% in 2009-10, a year before the RTE came into force, which further dropped to 6.8% in 2010-11 and 6.5% in 2011-12. Repetition rate, percentage of students repeating same class, was 3.9% in 2009-10, which went up to 5.1% in 2010-11 and further came down to 3.2% in 2011-12.

As for the learning ability of class III students in states with detention policy it was found that in Round I of the NCERT survey (2003-04) mean math percentage was 68.54% that fell to 65.75% in Round II (2007-08). In language it fell from 74.84% in Round I to 62.7% in Round II. In states with no detention policy mean math percentage went up from 56.7% in Round I to 59.1% in Round II. A bigger jump could be noticed in language mean percentage: 65.8% in Round II from 61.4% in Round I.

A bigger decline in learning ability could be noticed in case of class V in six states that did not follow no detention. In mathematics it fell from 53.75% to 42.63%, in language from 58.16% to 57.86% and in environmental studies from 57.86% to 48.88% from Round I to Round II of NCERT survey. In states with no detention policy mean percentage in mathematics went up to 46.5% in Round II from 44.29% in Round I and 59.02% in language in Round II from 57.02%.


The Times of India, 4 June, 2013, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/No-detention-doesnt-mean-no-exams/articleshow/20418331.cms


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