Top news of the day: CBSE relaxes three-language policy; Court awards death penalty to accused in Nasrapur minor rape and murder case; and more
The CBSE has relaxed its three-language policy for students currently enrolled in classes 7-9, allowing them to continue with their existing foreign language choices. Meanwhile, a Pune court sentenced a man to death for a 2026 rape and murder case, and eight individuals were remanded in custody regarding a temple donation embezzlement scandal.
Why it matters
These updates reflect significant shifts in Indian educational policy and ongoing high-profile legal proceedings that impact public trust and social justice.
The current batches of Classes 7, 8, and 9 who have already taken two foreign languages would continue with the same , with one additional native Indian language (Bhartiya Bhasha), revised guidelines issued by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) said. In a circular issued in May, CBSE had stated that students in Class 9 too will have to adopt the three-language policy where two of the three languages they learn should be native to India. Following this, parents of students who were learning foreign languages like French, German, Japanese, Spanish and so on, who were asked to switch mid-session, had protested at the abrupt switch.
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