Detention Policy and Students’ Promotion in Primary Education: Variations across Gender in West Bengal, India

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Abstract

India is deliberating on a proposal to re-implement detention policy (demarcated as the major reason of drop-out) based on an end-term examination for students' promotion in elementary education (up to 8th Standard) which was existing till 2009. This article tries to see the nature of gender differential in students’ promotion through detention policy of students from one class to another in primary (class I to IV) education. Secondary govt. provided data set from U-DISE for West Bengal, India has been used for statistical methods applied in the study. The districts like Darjiling, Kolkata, Hugli etc. with better educational infrastructure has lesser disparity and vice-versa. The family side demand like female literacy, the better economic condition also has decisive importance on the promotion of girl child education. Overall, the status of West Bengal is slightly better than many other Indian states in the context of students' promotion.

Author

• Biswajit Kar, Jawaharlal Nehru University