The High Court's stay order against the direction of Dehradun Chief Education Officer to not fail the students studying in Classes I to VIII has come as relief to schools, said principals of different public schools on Friday.
The Nainital High Court has ordered a stay on the decision of Dehradun Chief Education Officer in which he had directed St Thomas College and Carman School to pass students in Classes I to VIII who were failed in their respective annual examinations this year. According to the CEO, under Right to Education Act, students of these classes cannot be failed by the school. These schools had filed an application in the High Court seeking a stay on the order of the CEO.
Talking to The Pioneer, Carman School principal GIG Mann said, "We had filed an application in the HC against the decision of CEO and the court ordered a stay". This school does not take financial assistance from education department and has minority status.
Uttarakhand CBSE convener and Scholar's Home principal Chhaya Khanna said that this decision will come as relief to public schools. Classes are disturbed if students who fail in their annual examination each year are promoted to the next class. Students do not take studies seriously, if they are advanced to the next class in spite of failing the exam. Study land School, Race Course, Principal Deepak Ahuja said that education system will be spoiled if students' hard work is not recognised.
"Students fail exams because they do not study at home. In fact, they do not complete homework assigned by their class teachers," he said.
According to him, education system in India was considered one of the best in the world because of students' performance.
Doon International School vice-principal Dinesh Barthwal said that decision will help schools continue providing quality education. Students will study at home if they fear failure.
The decision of CEO Shiv Prasad Khali on May 2 was challenged in the court of Justice KJ Sengupta and he had ordered stay after hearing the grievances of petitioners.
Khali had recently written a letter to the education directorate recommending cancellation of the recognition of these two schools.