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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Rethink on ‘no detention' up to Class VIII

Rethink on ‘no detention' up to Class VIII

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published Published on Jun 8, 2012   modified Modified on Jun 8, 2012
-The Hindu

The Central Advisory Board of Education has decided to constitute a committee to revisit the ‘no detention' provision under the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009. The panel will submit a report in three months.

The Advisory Board, at a meeting on Wednesday, also endorsed the government's initiative to create a Credit Guarantee Fund to provide better flow of credit to deserving students. The Rs. 5,000-crore corpus will stand guarantee in case any student defaults on repayment of education loans.

The ‘no detention' policy, for children up to Class VIII, is being implemented under Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE). Under the policy, students are not detained in any class, irrespective of their academic performance.

However, there was no clarity on the methodology of implementation of the ‘no detention' provision, and the system to be adopted to assess the students. Many States, had in the past, and also at the Wednesday meeting, pointed out that promoting students to the next standard was adversely impacting their performance, and the results of the schools were falling drastically. Some even suggested reverting to the old system of annual examinations.

“While there was agreement that Board examinations aren't required, guidelines for implementing the CCE need to be evolved for examining the child during the elementary education cycle,” Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal told reporters.

The committee will be chaired by Geeta Bhukkal, Haryana Education Minister, and will include representatives from academics and civil society, and will hold consultations with the State governments and stakeholders.

Mr. Sibal said some States raised the issue of ‘no detention' policy, saying that it was not well understood. There need to be some kind of assessment system to evaluate students, even if they didn't want Board examinations. The States were informed that the RTE Act did not allow detention of students and a structured examination, but there was no bar on some other forms of appraisal.

On Credit Guarantee Fund, he said he believed that education loans should be available to students at reasonable rate of interest. At present, loans were given at an interest rate of 11.5 to 13 per cent. Under the Fund, no collateral would be needed for loans up to Rs. 7.5 lakh, and the government would stand to repay up to 75 per cent of a loan in case of default.

The Advisory Board also decided to constitute a committee for developing the framework and processes of the National Mission on Teachers and Teaching. This committee will be headed by Minister of State D. Purandeswari. It will include State Education Ministers and have representation from academics and civil society. The committee will focus on teacher educators and developing teachers for inclusive education of children with special needs.

The report of the Advisory Board's Committee on Information and Communication Technology in School Education and the draft of the National Policy on ICT were unanimously adopted. Suggestions were given on making the digital version of textbooks on Akaash Tablets, for use by both teachers and students in schools and the capacity building of teachers' educators.

Committee to revisit the provision under the Right to Education Act

‘Promoting students without assessment adversely impacting their performance'

The Hindu, 8 June 2012, http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/article3503065.ece


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