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Hindi May Be Made Compulsory Till Class X in CBSE Schools, KVs

The recommendations made by a parliamentary panel on making Hindi compulsory gets the President’s nod. 

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Students of schools affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and Kendriya Vidyalyas may have to compulsorily study Hindi till class X, with recommendations made by a parliamentary panel in this regard getting the President's nod.

The HRD Ministry has also been instructed to draw up a policy in consultation with the state governments to make the language compulsory.

The HRD Ministry should make serious efforts to make Hindi language compulsory in the curriculum. As a first step, Hindi should be made a compulsory subject up to standard X in all schools of CBSE and Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan.
Excerpt from the presidential order
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"The Centre should form a policy in consultation with state governments," it added.

The recommendations were made in the ninth report of the Committee of Parliament on Official Language.

CBSE had last year recommended a three-language formula – English and any two Indian languages – in classes IX and X.

However, the HRD Ministry is yet to take a call on the suggestion.

(With inputs from PTI.)

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