No Detention Policy is a Sweet Poison for the Indian Primary Education System

Abstract

In the education system, primary education is a critical stage for the development of children. The government introduced the 'No Detention Policy (NDP) under the Right to Education Act of 2009', seriously affecting India's education system. According to a study (Chowdhury, 2018), the implementation of a "No detention policy" did not harm much on student's learning. However, when we statistically analyze the learning impact of students before and after the implementation of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education and its no-detention policy, we found that the no-detention policy has significantly lowered the learning level of students. This paper recommends that the No-Detention policy should be abolished from India's Education System.