CBSE schools struggle to retain foreign language teaching faculty after three-language policy

The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to examine whether the Central Board of Secondary Education’s mandatory three-language policy for Class 9 students places undue pressure on students and if there are logistical challenges in implementing it, The Hindu reported.

In a circular issued on May 15, the Central Board of Secondary Education said that studying three languages would be mandatory for Class 9 students from July 1. Among the three, at least two must be Indian languages.

On Wednesday, a bench led by Chief Justice Surya Kant sought responses from the CBSE, the Union government, and the National Council of Educational Research and Training on the petitions challenging the circular.