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The right to education has been recognized as a human right in a number of international conventions, including the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights which recognizes a right to free, primary education for all, an obligation to develop secondary education accessible to all with the progressive introduction of free secondary education, as well as an obligation to develop equitable access to higher education, ideally by the progressive introduction of free higher education. In 2021, 171 states were parties to the Covenant.
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Govt allows schools to fail classes 5 and 8 students, abolishes 'no-detention policy'The central government in its new notification allowed schools to fail students of classes 5 and 8. It has scrapped the no-detention policy in an amendment to the Right to Education Act (RTE) 2009.DNA - Published |
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