An acute shortage of teachers, their uneven distribution and no-detention policy are the main reasons behind the worsening academic results in Haryana schools. He also cited the no-detention policy as one of the reasons responsible for poor results. Haryana schools lecturers’ association president Dayanand Dalal argued that though unlike Class 10, the Class 12 results had shown some improvement, the serious shortage of teachers and no-detention policy were main reasons behind the poor results. Neelam Bhandari, DEO, Gurgaon, which has 51.71% pass percentage, however, held that though she had recently been posted to Gurgaon, she observed the no-detention policy could be one of the main reasons behind poor results. “One can see the results of teachers who are in service to see the reality.

Source: Hindustan Times May 24, 2016 01:26 UTC