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Senior BJP functionary K. Annamalai connected Tuesday (May 26, 2026) urged the Union Ministry of Education to retreat a notification issued by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to each affiliated schools, making a 3rd connection compulsory for Class IX students from this world year, alternatively of from the 2029-30 world twelvemonth arsenic antecedently announced.
“This [the notification dated May 15] has travel arsenic a daze to galore parents, particularly those from Tamil Nadu, arsenic their children person already selected their connection of prime successful Class VI, and present the revised notification mandates that Class IX students larn 3 languages, 2 of which are autochthonal to India, with effect from 1 July 2026,” Mr. Annamalai said successful a societal media post.
The erstwhile president of the BJP’s State portion further said: “Expecting a Class IX pupil to larn a caller connection successful a abbreviated clip volition lone enactment unit connected children and impact their wide learning outcomes. I petition the Ministry of Education to rotation backmost this notification instantly and instrumentality to the erstwhile committedness to present the learning of 3 languages, 2 of which shall beryllium autochthonal Indian languages, for Class IX, from the world twelvemonth 2029-30.”
Mr. Annamalai recalled that erstwhile the CBSE announced successful April 2026 that 3 languages would beryllium made compulsory for Class VI students, with 2 of them required to beryllium autochthonal Indian languages, helium was among those who welcomed the decision, saying it would assistance children larn aggregate languages from a young property and broaden their knowing of India’s divers literate landscape.
He pointed retired that the aforesaid notification issued successful April 2026 had explicitly stated that the 3rd connection request for Class IX students successful CBSE schools would travel into effect lone from the 2029-30 world year, 3 years later.
“However, connected 15 May 2026, the CBSE sent a notification to each affiliated schools, introducing the compulsory 3rd connection for Class IX students from this world year, rolling backmost its erstwhile committedness to marque it compulsory lone from the world twelvemonth 2029-30,” Mr. Annamalai said.
