Summary:
Class 5 and 8 students in the state will have to appear for their final exams from this academic year (2019-20). The exams will be conducted by the Gujarat Council of Educational Research and Training (GCERT) and the students who fail to clear these exams will be retained to the same class. If students fail to clear the second attempt too, then they will be declared failed and will be detained. The notification also clarifies that primary students cannot be hold back in any class except for their failure to clear the exams in class 5 and 8. Schools will also not be able to remove primary students from school until they clear their primary classes..