The Conundrum Of ‘No Detention Policy’: An Assessment Of Education Progression In Select Schools In Delhi

Abstract

The No Detention Policy (NDP) has been a bone of contention for many years now. Many arguments in favour of it and against it have been made from time to time. However, the lack of empirical research in this area has led to a more subjective and opinion-based arguments around it without incorporating the viewpoints of the most important stakeholders, teachers and students. This study is an analytic-inductive qualitative research focused on understanding the ground reality of this policy and its implementation. Apart from this, the study will help to find answers to questions pertaining to what is happening in the teaching–learning process due to no-detention and the institutions and issues that need to be addressed. The study includes: - Review of the primary education status of the country - The arguments around the NDP - The Impact of NDP on students, teachers, and the education system The end goal of the study is to identify the impact of NDP on educational progression in the schools of Delhi and use this research to suggest recommendations to improve the overall quality of the public school system.