In a significant move, the central government has scrapped the no-detention policy for classes 5 and 8 in the schools governed by the central authorities. According to this policy, the schools are allowed to fail students who do not clear the year-end exams. Following the amendment to the Right to Education Act (RTE) in 2019, at least 16 states and two Union Territories have already done away with the ‘no-detention policy’ for the two classes.