This State is working to reinstate the school detention policy

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• Jun 26, 2022 | Sourav Boruah

Digital
desk: In an effort to reinstate the detention policy at schools, the Delhi
Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Rules 2022 have been
revised, according to a circular from the Directorate of Education (DoE). As
soon as it is published in the gazette, it will take effect. The government
will announce the terms under which a child may be kept back in his current
class after the gazette notification.

The
lieutenant governor said,  "hereby makes the rule to alter the Delhi Right of
Children to Free and Compulsory Education Rules 2011 in exercise of the
authority given by Section 38, read with sub-section 3 of Section 16 of the
Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act 2009."

According
to the circular, the law could be known as the Delhi Right of Children to Free
and Compulsory Education (Amendment) Rules, 2020. The government would then
notify the public of "the manner and conditions subjects to which a child
may be kept back under sub-section (3) of Section 16."

The RTE Act instituted the no-detention policy in 2009,
requiring that all pupils up to Class 8 be promoted. Continuous and
Comprehensive Evaluation was introduced to guarantee high-quality instruction,
however it was abandoned in 2017 due to ineffective execution.

After Parliament revised the Act in 2019, the Delhi
government gave its approval for the creation of a committee to examine the
repeal of the no-detention policy.