The Continuous Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) and no-detention policy, though conceptually sound, became a failed orthodoxy in Indian schooling. Intended to eliminate exam burdens, its impractical implementation overstretched teachers, leading to superficial record-keeping without genuine assessment. This created a generation of students who advanced without adequate learning, only to face concentrated failure at age 15. The system disproportionately harmed underprivileged children lacking external support. The author critically argues that abstract educational ideals, unchecked by classroom realities, caused immense damage, proving a costly experiment for millions of students.