CBSE relaxes three language policy for Class 7, 8, 9; allows two foreign language options
The current batches of Classes 7, 8, and 9 who have already taken two foreign languages would continue with the same with one additional native Indian Language (Bhartiya Bhasha), revised guidelines issued by Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) said. In a circular issued in May, CBSE had stated that students in Class 9 too will have to adopt three language policy where two of three languages they learn should be native to India. Following this, parents of students who were learning foreign languages like French, German, Japanese, Spanish and so on and were asked to switch mid session had protested at the abrupt switch. Union Minister of Education Dharmendra Pradhan had stated last week that students in Class 7, 8, 9 who have taken foreign languages could continue their studies in their respective selected options. The current batch of Class 10 will not have to follow the new language policy, the education board stated. The current batches studying in Class 7, 8, 9 would not be required to give board examination in third language …
