Impact Of No Detention Policy On Quality Education Of Elementary Education Of Assam

Abstract

Section 16 of the Right of Children to free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009, stipulates that “No child admitted to a school shall be held back in any class or expelled from school till the completion of elementary education i.e. up to class VIII”. Many research found that after the implementation of the No detention policy in many states the quality of education deteriorated. The objective of this paper is to analyze the perception of teachers about no detention policy (NDP) on quality education of elementary education. The study was carried out among teachers of different schools of Lakhimpur district of Assam, India. Descriptive survey method is used in this study. For collection of data, researcher used a self structure closed ended questionnaire. Pie diagram was used to analyze the data. Result shows that maximum teachers are not happy with no detention policy. According to the teachers NDP decreases the quality in elementary education.