Then Maharashtra government has, in its 44-page report on the draft of National New Education Policy, recommended that exams should be held in all schools, saying that otherwise students tend to ignore studies.
The report stated that ‘No Exams’ is nothing but a misconception spread among parents. The no-detention policy, a key component of the RTE Act, was enforced on April 1, 2010 with an aim to ensure that every child between the age of 6 and 14 studies in school.
The idea behind the policy was to minimise the number of students who drop out of the schooling system because of failure and are too embarrassed or de-motivated to repeat a year.
The state government, in its suggestion, advocates Continuous Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) for students so that the marks of these regular tests can be summed up for evaluation at the end of the year. Among the various concerns discussed in the report, the government has stressed the need to engage parents as partners in education.
Education minister Vinod Tawde said the policy has not yet been finalised. “The government had organised a debate in 32,000 villages and invited suggestions from education experts, principals, teachers associations and parents associations. This has happened for the first time, I have not seen this happen in the earlier government,” he said.
