Digvijay Singh Writes to PM Modi to Roll Back CBSE’s Three-Language Policy Congress MP and chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education, Digvijay Singh, wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on June 5, warning that the Central Board of Secondary Education’s (CBSE) mandate for third-language instruction in Class IX starting July 1 would cause significant disruption. Singh highlighted the abrupt nature of the policy rollout mid-session, likening it to the chaos caused by the on-screen marking (OSM) system implemented by CBSE in 2023, which affected millions of students. He forwarded a signed representation from a group of concerned parents to the PM, urging a reversal of the policy for current Class IX students. The parents’ letter, signed by CA Chandni Gupta, Pavan Puri, Sarah Paul, and Puja Puri, criticized the sudden enforcement of the Three-Language Policy, calling it “untenable.” They argued that the policy’s abrupt implementation without adequate preparation—such as textbooks, trained teachers, or transition time—would harm students. The parents noted that thousands of students had already studied foreign languages like French, Spanish, German, and Japanese since Class 6, and the new requirement would force them to abandon these subjects in favor of native Indian languages, despite the lack of available resources. The contradiction in CBSE’s approach is evident in its own records. In December 2025, the board’s governing body endorsed a curriculum committee recommendation that schools should continue with the existing Scheme of Studies for languages until NCERT released graded textbooks for regional languages, as outlined in the National Curriculum Framework 2023. However, these textbooks remain unreleased.#supreme_court #prime_minister_modi #cbse #digvijay_singh #national_curriculum_framework_2023
