'No detention' up to class eight in Bengal

To ensure the Right to education act, 2009 which guarantees free and compulsory education to every child in the age group of 6-14 years in the country, West Bengal Government has now decided to pursue the ‘no detention’ central rule up to class eight standard.

Though final examination will be always be there at the same pace as ever. Even students will be very much informed about their final evaluation - whether he/she has been able to clear the exam or not. But this will be nothing more than a routine process. Rather, “The government would like to give unsuccessful students a further scope for test of their merit to overcome their deficiency.

Of course there would be some certain provision to pick up one’s limitation,” – after a cabinet meeting on Thursday, the state Commerce and Industries Minister Mr. Partha Chatterjee conveyed this to media. Point to be noted that just a week back, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) had literally slapped the Bengal Government for not implementing right to education act in the state.

But for the time being the Bengal Government seems to be not in a mood to follow the other central rule of introducing a total lottery system in School admission system. Though there was a clear hint particularly from the state education department of introducing lottery system in both Public and private schools around the state. Obviously that was not supposed to be a real cake-walk for the education department. So the Thursday cabinet meeting came out with a decision to abolish the lottery system. “Introducing lottery system for admission in School is noth ing but a gambling, obviously this may harm student’s mentality,” Mr. Chatterjee added.