By Considering the rising Covid-19 cases, the Bihar education department has decided to promote more than 1.6 crore students of classes 1 to 8 to the next grade without conducting the annual examination.
As per the latest notification issued on Tuesday, the state government has decided to relax the detention policy for students of classes 5 and 8 under Rule 10 of the RTE Act, 2019, only for the session 2020-21. As per the Act, there is a no-detention policy for classes 1 to 4 and 6 to7.
“As schools were closed since March last year, students are facing difficulty in appearing the exam. Due to the “unusual events” surrounding the pandemic, the government has decided not to detain students of classes 5 and 8”, read the notification.
Last year, the state education department promoted students up to Class 8 without holding annual examination owing to Covid-19 outbreak induced lockdown.
The education department has yet not taken any decision on closure of schools owing to spike in Covid-19 cases. “No decision related to closure of schools has been taken so far. The crisis management group is likely to hold a meeting next week to review the situation”, said Sanjay Kumar, principal secretary of Bihar education department.
