MUMBAI: There will hopefully not be another Shams Merchant. The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009, which came into force from April 1, has a clause which makes it clear that no student between the ages of 6-14 can be expelled or held back in any class. Merchant (14), a Class VII student, hanged himself at his Millat Nagar residence on Thursday after learning he failed for the second time in the same class.
Under the provisions of the new landmark legislation on education, no child admitted in a school will be failed in any class or expelled from the school till the completion of elementary education from the ensuing academic session. “We are duty-bound to implement the legislation, and at the same time, we will take adequate care of weak students. From this academic session onwards, no student will fail, at least up to elementary education,’’ school education minister Balasaheb Thorat told TOI on Friday. About Merchant, the minister said, “The case was brought to my notice, it was unfortunate.’’
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