The Left Front Government of Tripura shifted from its earlier stand and declared that up to the eighth standard, the ‘no detention policy’ will be implemented in schools under the act of Right to education.

Mr. Tapan Chakra borty, the Tripura minister for education said to the journalists, that they were worried that after the implementation of the ‘no detention policy’, the quality of education will get depreciated. He said with all types of apprehensions and reservations, the government would be implementing the ‘no detention policy’ in the current year itself.

Referring to a probable drop in the value of education, the Government of Tripura previously said that it will not implement the ‘no detention policy’.

Bimal Sinha, the principal secretary (school education) said that on various occasions, the Government of Tripura has corresponded with the union government about the uncertainties regarding the execution of the ‘no detention policy’, but they had not received from the center any reply so far.

The Tripura state education minister said that similar views on’ no detention policy’ has been uttered by several states including west Bengal.

Mr.Chakraborthy said that his Government has told to the Union government the act can amended suitably to handle the students, who are completely irregular and are unsuitable for promotion from first standard to other standard at the elementary or basic stage.

As per the 2009 RCFCEA (Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education act) that upto the eighth class, no student should be expelled or held by school till the elementery education completion.