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Parents and students person approached the Supreme Court connected Friday (May 22, 2026) for an urgent proceeding against a Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) argumentation which has made the survey of 3 languages compulsory for Class 9 students from July 1.
Appearing earlier a Bench headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, elder advocator Mukul Rohatgi, for the petitioners, asked how Class 9 students were to “suddenly commencement learning a caller language” with the Class 10 Board exam looming adjacent year.
Mr. Rohatgi said determination was wide distress among students who were already saddled with world load and adjacent pressure.
The elder advocator sought a proceeding connected Monday (May 25). The CJI said the petition would beryllium listed adjacent week earlier the due Bench
The three-language regularisation was declared successful a May 15 circular issued by the Board connected May 15.
The circular said that astatine slightest 2 of the 3 languages indispensable beryllium autochthonal Indian languages.
The circular said the regularisation was portion of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 and the National Curriculum Framework for School Education (NCF-SE) 2023.
The CBSE had clarified that determination would beryllium nary Board introspection for the 3rd connection successful Class 10.
“All assessments for R3 (third language) shall beryllium wholly school-based and internal. The show of students successful R3 volition beryllium duly reflected successful the CBSE certificate,” the Board said successful the circular
CBSE said schools could connection immoderate language, but astatine slightest 2 of them indispensable beryllium Indian languages. Foreign languages could beryllium taken lone arsenic the 3rd oregon an optional 4th language.
