Hindi is must for CBSE students from Class 6 Students will not have option to learn other languages LANGUAGE CONUNDRUM
If the Central government has its way, students from Kendriya Vidyalayas and CBSE-affiliated schools might be left with no option but to study Hindi compulsorily till Class 10. This rule will be applicable across India including Telangana.
A proposal to this effect was made by a parliamentary panel and it was approved by President Pranab Mukherjee.
He instructed human resource development ministry to form a policy in consultation with the state governments to make Hindi compulsory.
As a first step, Hindi should be made a compulsory subject up to Class 10 in all schools affiliated to CBSE and are run by Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan. The recommendations were made in the ninth report of the Committee of Parliament on Official Language.
Once the rule was enforced, if students studying CBSE schools in TS or AP select Telugu for regional language, they will have to mandatorily opt for Hindi instead of Sanskrit or a foreign language from Class 6 to Class 10.
Earlier, students had an option of choosing between Hindi, Sanskrit or any other language as the third language from Class 6 to Class 8.
According to Vasudha Ashok, the principal of Panineeya Mahavidyala Public School at Dilsukhnagar, some of the students used to prefer Sanskrit for three years and reverting back to
HINDI WOULD be made compulsory in all CBSE-affiliated schools from Class 6 to 10 as the President has accepted a Parliamentary panel’s recommendation to make studying Hindi a must.
STUDENTS WILL not have a choice to select between Hindi, Sanskrit and a foreign language.
STUDENTS OF Kendriya Vidyalayas will have freedom to select Sanskrit over Hindi. regional language and English from Class 9.”
The situation in Kendriya Vidyalayas, however, is a bit different as their students do not have the option of studying any regional language. They just have English as the first language and Hindi as the second language from Class 1 to 5. From Class 6 to 8, they will have Sanskrit as third language. From Class 9, students could choose between Hindi or Sanskrit as the second language. After the proposed changes, KV students would have to study English and Hindi compulsorily in Class 9 and 10.
While the Central Board recommended a three-language formula — English and any two Indian languages — to be expanded to Classes IX and X, the HRD ministry is yet to take a call on the suggestion.