More than 100,000 ninth-grade students in Delhi government schools failed their annual exams for the 2023-24 academic year. Similarly, over 46,000 eighth graders and 50,000 eleventh graders did not pass their annual exams.
The Delhi Directorate of Education (DDE) disclosed this information in response to an RTI application filed by a PTI Bhasha correspondent. Delhi has 1,050 government schools and 37 Dr. BR Ambedkar Schools of Specialized Excellence. According to the data, 101,331 ninth-grade students failed in 2023-24, compared to 88,409 in 2022-23, 28,531 in 2021-22, and 31,540 in 2020-21.
In the eleventh grade, 51,914 students failed in 2023-24, a decrease from 54,755 in 2022-23, 7,246 in 2021-22, and only 2,169 in 2020-21. Additionally, 46,622 eighth-grade students failed in 2023-24 after the ‘no-detention policy’ under the Right to Education Act was canceled.