CBSE schools struggle to retain foreign language teaching faculty after three-language policy
The CBSE's new three-language policy has raised concerns among foreign language teachers and students. Many teachers fear job losses as students are now required to learn two Indian languages, with foreign languages relegated to a third or optional fourth position. Some schools are exploring ways to retain foreign language faculty by offering weekend classes or integrating them into extracurricular activities.
- ▪The three-language rule mandates that students must learn at least two native Indian languages.
- ▪Some schools are planning to retain foreign language teachers by offering them roles in weekend classes.
- ▪The number of students opting for foreign languages has significantly decreased this year.
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The Central Board of Secondary Education’s (CBSE) three-language rule for class 9 students, beginning July 1, has become a cause of worry for foreign language teachers and students.While teachers fear job losses — with some already affected — students who opted for French, German, and Spanish are being forced to start learning a new Indian language from scratch. The primary rule mandates that at least two of the three languages must be native Indian languages, with English serving as the default medium of instruction (R1) in most English-medium schools.
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