Delhi Class 9 and 11 Students To Receive Promotion According to 2020-21 Promotion Policy: DoE

Delhi Class 9 and 11 Exam news 2022: The Directorate of Education (DoE), Delhi, has announced the implementation of promotion policy released in 2020-21 for the students studying in Class 9 and 11 in Delhi schools. Therefore, the promotion policy now stands applicable for Class 9 and 11 students of Private and government schools for the current academic session 2021-22.
As informed by the DoE, the promotion policy was brought into force for Class 9 and 11 students in view of the circumstances prevailing due to the Covid-19 pandemic in the country. Director of Education, Delhi, Himanshu Gupta said, "In view of the exceptional circumstances posed by the Covid-19 pandemic, the revised promotion policy 2020-21 has been extended for the academic year 2021-22 too".

Post declaration, all government, government-aided and private schools of Delhi have been directed by the DoE to comply with the issued guidelines. In case a school wants to adopt their own criterion, it must seek the approval of DoE before result declaration.

Marking scheme as per Promotion policy 2020-21:

As per the promotion policy developed in the academic year 2020-21, results of students of Class 9 and 11 will be evaluated for promoting them to the successive grade, i.e. Class 10 and 12 on the basis of the following:

1. Marks secured by them in Term 1 mid-term exams.
2. Marks secured in Term 2 final exams.
3. Internal assessment marks, grades obtained in project submissions.
4. Marks obtained in practical exams.

Passing Criteria as per the policy:

The policy states that the passing criteria for the students has been fixed as 33% (33 marks out of 100) in all the five subjects separately. In case a student fails to achieve the needful, minimum 15 grace marks shall be awarded to him/her to reach the minimum required score, either in one or any of the subjects. Currently, this policy applies only to students of Class 9 and 11.