New Delhi: In the Rajya Sabha, a sharp spotlight was cast on Delhi’s education system as MP Swati Maliwal raised concerns over the alarming number of Class 9 students failing in government schools.

Citing figures provided by the Ministry of Education, Maliwal questioned whether the Delhi government’s policy of diverting failed students to the National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) was contributing to high dropout rates and artificially inflating school performance statistics.

Minister of State for Education Jayant Chaudhary, in a written reply, confirmed that more than 3.20 lakh students had failed in Class 9 across Delhi government schools over the past five years.

Year-wise data reveals a troubling trend; 31,541 students failed in 2020–21, 28,548 in 2021–22, a sharp rise to 88,42

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