BHUBANESWAR: With the Centre's determination to eliminate no-detention policy (NDP) is more likely to get nod within the coming Parliament session, educationists, professionals and voluntary organisations adversarial the move to scrap NDP. They stated, abolition of the no-detention policy will result in extra dropouts, and will probably be regressive and harmful for the training machine.
"The allegation of no-detention policy led to deterioration in learning outcomes among students is false and baseless. No study has been conducted in schools where continuous and comprehensive evaluation was implemented. No Detention Policy has been looked at in isolation by the government and public in general without considering the systemic failures. The decision to scrap no-detention policy will have very adverse impact on the education system as well as crores of children," stated Anil Pradhan, convener, Odisha RTE Forum, a voluntary organisation works for implementation of Right to Education (RTE) Act.
According to section 16 of RTE act, no youngsters can also be detained or held back in a category till the final touch of his or her elementary training up to class VIII. The function of no-detention policy was once to retain those youngsters who used to drop out due to fear or failure in examination.
"Detention of child in any class fails the parameters of free and universal education of access, quality and equity there by defeating the basic objective of Right to Education and Sarva Sikhya Abhiyan," stated Uday Nath Das, educationist. "Deficiency and failures of system cannot be imposed on children and they must not be punished for no-fault of their," he added.
As many as 3000 signatures opposing the abolition of no-detention policy has been already sent to the Parliamentary Standing Committee that may make a decision the fate for the amendment of the bill. The campaigners have additionally submitted memorandum to the manager minister and union HRD minister urging not to scrap the policy.
"The abolition of no-detention policy will affect students in tribal and interior areas where there are acute shortage of qualified teachers and other challenges like poverty, migration and infrastructure," Pradhan added.
The professionals additionally opined that most effective 10% of the schools within the country complying the RTE Act after seven years of implementation of the RTE act, which has a unfavorable impact within the studying of kids. Instead of ensuring implementation of Act, the Government is attempting in charge No Detention Policy. In long term it'll forget to make ok monetary provisions and other enabling amenities for ensuring the RTE implementation within the identify of examination and the placement of college training will probably be worsened.
"If examination system will be introduced, more children will be pushed out of the schools and drop-out rate will increase, which is against the spirit of the RTE Act," stated Santosh Patra, an RTE campaigner.
"The allegation of no-detention policy led to deterioration in learning outcomes among students is false and baseless. No study has been conducted in schools where continuous and comprehensive evaluation was implemented. No Detention Policy has been looked at in isolation by the government and public in general without considering the systemic failures. The decision to scrap no-detention policy will have very adverse impact on the education system as well as crores of children," stated Anil Pradhan, convener, Odisha RTE Forum, a voluntary organisation works for implementation of Right to Education (RTE) Act.
According to section 16 of RTE act, no youngsters can also be detained or held back in a category till the final touch of his or her elementary training up to class VIII. The function of no-detention policy was once to retain those youngsters who used to drop out due to fear or failure in examination.
"Detention of child in any class fails the parameters of free and universal education of access, quality and equity there by defeating the basic objective of Right to Education and Sarva Sikhya Abhiyan," stated Uday Nath Das, educationist. "Deficiency and failures of system cannot be imposed on children and they must not be punished for no-fault of their," he added.
As many as 3000 signatures opposing the abolition of no-detention policy has been already sent to the Parliamentary Standing Committee that may make a decision the fate for the amendment of the bill. The campaigners have additionally submitted memorandum to the manager minister and union HRD minister urging not to scrap the policy.
"The abolition of no-detention policy will affect students in tribal and interior areas where there are acute shortage of qualified teachers and other challenges like poverty, migration and infrastructure," Pradhan added.
The professionals additionally opined that most effective 10% of the schools within the country complying the RTE Act after seven years of implementation of the RTE act, which has a unfavorable impact within the studying of kids. Instead of ensuring implementation of Act, the Government is attempting in charge No Detention Policy. In long term it'll forget to make ok monetary provisions and other enabling amenities for ensuring the RTE implementation within the identify of examination and the placement of college training will probably be worsened.
"If examination system will be introduced, more children will be pushed out of the schools and drop-out rate will increase, which is against the spirit of the RTE Act," stated Santosh Patra, an RTE campaigner.
Educationist and experts oppose scrapping of no-detention policy
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