Supreme Court Urges CBSE to Ease Three-Language Policy

The Supreme Court on August 20, 2026, asked the CBSE to grant current Class 6 students a one-time reprieve from a mandatory third-language Board exam.

The court suggested the Board streamline the implementation of the three-language scheme, noting that infrastructure and human resources need to be developed before full enforcement by 2031.

Petitioners argued that the policy effectively restricts students to one foreign language slot, potentially displacing languages like French and Japanese from the curriculum.