<ul><li>The Centre has scrapped the 'no-detention policy' for classes 5 and 8 in schools governed by it allowing them to fail students who do not clear the year-end exams.</li><li>After the regular examination, if a child fails to fulfill the promotion criteria, they shall be given additional instruction and an opportunity for re-examination within two months.</li><li>If the child fails to fulfill the promotion criteria again in the re-examination, they shall be held back in fifth class or eighth class, as the case may be.</li><li>No child shall be expelled from any school till the completion of elementary education.</li></ul>

No-Detention Policy Scrapped For Classes 5, 8 Students Who Fail To Clear Year-End Exams

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