No home-work may soon become a reality of Indian schools

No home-work may soon become a reality of Indian schools

No home-work policy for classes I and II may soon become a reality as  Madras High Court passed a directive to do away with it. “We will definitely follow the order. I believe children should attend school to learn with fun and should not be put under any pressure. We shall study the order and do whatever is possible to reduce (academic) burden,” Javadekar said in a press release on Saturday. Javadekar expressed hope to pass the bill by amending the  Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009, which will be tabled in the monsoon session of the Parliament. “The Congress has not allowed us to hold the Parliament session. By March 2019, each state will be able to bring back pass-fail in classes V and VIII. As many as 25 states including Bengal have agreed to the proposal,” he added. Once the pass-fail system is back, students can be detained in two classes for their poor performance and will be given two months before they can re-appear for the exams again. “Only if they fail in the second exam, they will have to repeat the class,” Javadekar said. In the June end, HRD is all set to unveil the new education policy. “It will be a comprehensive policy involving the education of the next generation,” he added.

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