The Supreme Court refused interim relief against CBSE’s three-language policy for Class 9 from 2026-27, tagging the plea with similar cases. The policy mandates two Indian languages under NEP 2020, while the court will hear the matter in July
Parents and educationists have raised concerns over CBSE’s sudden implementation of the three-language policy for Class 9 from July 1, citing academic disruption, limited preparedness, teacher shortages, reduced language choice, and increased stress on students midway through the school session
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has announced that beginning July 1, 2026, Class 9 students must study three languages, including at least two native Indian languages, in line with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 and the National Curriculum Framework for School Education (NCF-SE) 2023.
nion Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan clarified that the Centre is not imposing any language on States. The three-language policy is flexible, with the mother tongue as a priority. He dismissed political claims suggesting the policy creates divisions
Addressing a public gathering in Rameswaram after inaugurating the New Pamban Railway Bridge, the Prime Minister remarked that although he regularly receives letters from Tamil Nadu leaders but none of them are signed in Tamil.
The DMK government has replaced the Devanagari rupee symbol with a Tamil letter in its logo for the Budget 2025-26, which will be tabled in the Assembly on March 14
The logo carried ‘ru’, the first letter of the Tamil word 'Rubaai' which denoted the Indian currency in the vernacular language. TN Finance Minister Thangam Thennarasu is scheduled to table the Budget for the 2025-26 on March 14
He stated that Tamil Nadu, which has been at the forefront of development indices, would be severely affected by this process. Currently, Tamil Nadu has 39 Lok Sabha seats, but CM Stalin warned that the state could lose as many as eight seats due to delimitation, which is based on population figures
By laying down a condition that the Union government would not release the ‘Samagra Shiksha’ funds to the southern State until it accepts the three-language policy under the NEP, the Union Minister for Education Dharmendra Pradhan has triggered an avoidable confrontation
