RTE (Amendment) Act, 2019: No-Detention Controversy

The Right to Education Act, 2009 prohibits the detention of children till they complete elementary education (class 8) as detention would lead them to drop out of school.

However, this provision is amended by the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (Amendment) Act, 2019 to state that a regular examination will be conducted in class 5 and class 8 at the end of every academic year.

• If a child fails the exam, he/she will be provided with the additional opportunity to take a re-examination within two months.
• Such children will be provided with two-month remedial teaching to perform better in the re-examinations.
• If he/she fails in the re-examination too, then the central government or the concerned state government may d