PANAJI: Stating that there is a demand from many states to revoke the no detention policy citing huge dropouts in Class IX, Union Minister for Human Resource Development Prakash Javadekar, on Friday, said that his government will soon bring in a bill to change the no detention policy.
“We will allow the states to decide on detaining the students after giving a fair chance at Class V and Class VIII,” said Javadekar
The Union Minister for Human Resource Development was addressing a gathering on the occasion of the inauguration of new premises of S S Dempo College of Commerce and Economics at Cujira Educational Complex.
He said that the students will be assessed in the month of March, and then again they would be given a chance in June, and if even after the second chance these students fail to clear the examination, then they will be detained.
It may be recalled that under the No Detention Policy, the students up to Class VIII are automatically promoted to the next class without being detained even if they do not get passing grade.
The policy was implemented as a part of the Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) under the RTE Act in 2010 to ensure all-round development of the students.
He also said that the Union government will have to close down the institutions offering Diploma in Education (DEd) and Bachelor of Education (B Ed) courses if their performance is below par.
“We are completely reforming teachers’ education institutions where D Ed and B Ed courses are offered, and almost 6,500 affidavits have come, while the rest 6,500 institutions have not submitted the same. So, I have served show cause notices inquiring as to why they should not be closed down,” he said.
Javadekar stressed that the community support needs to be revived while improving the educational quality in India.
“The process of formulating new rules is on, wherein community support and contribution would be made mandatory. If the government builds a school in a village then the villagers will have to contribute for building the school compound. And, if we build five classrooms then the villagers will have to build two,” he added.
Meanwhile, Vice Chancellor of Goa University Varun Sahni said that a team has been formed to analyse reasons for the drop in the National Institutional Ranking Framework’s ranking of the Goa University at all-India level.
He said that if the Goa University had more permanent qualified faculty members then it could have improved its ranking.
“We are probably the best small university in the country, and it is important to keep in mind that size matters when it comes to institution of the tertiary sector,” he added.
“We plan to become the university that is globally connected, nationally oriented and locally evaluated,” Sahni said.