More than a lakh children in Delhi's govt. schools failed Class 9

For the 2023–24 school year, approximately a lakh ninth-grade pupils in Delhi government schools did not pass their yearly examinations. Similarly, 50% of eleventh graders and nearly 46,000 eighth graders failed their annual tests.

In response to an RTI application submitted by a PTI Bhasha correspondent, the Delhi Directorate of Education (DDE) provided this information.

There are 37 Dr. BR Ambedkar Schools of Specialized Excellence and 1,050 government schools in Delhi. 1 01,331 ninth-grade students failed in 2023–2024 (vs 88,409 in 2022–2023; 28,531 in 2021–2022; and 31,540 in 2020–21), per the data.

51,914 pupils failed the eleventh grade in 2023–24, compared to 54,755 in 2022–23, 7,246 in 2021–22, and just 2,169 in 2020–21. Furthermore, 46,622 eighth-grade pupils failed in 2023–2024 as a result of the Right to Education Act's repeal of the "no-detention policy."

Concerning the new 'Promotion Policy,' kids in classes V through VIII who do not pass the yearly exam will not be allowed to move up to the next grade, according to an anonymous Delhi Education Department official.

They will, however, have two months to retake the exam and have another chance to raise their grades.

Students need to receive at least 25 percent in each subject in order to pass this re-exam. Failing students will be put in the "repeat category," which means they will have to stay in the same class until the following semester.