Overview
- CBSE ordered schools to adopt a three-language plan from Class 6 that requires two Indian languages plus one foreign language, and told them to show compliance within seven days for a 2026–27 rollout.
- In Puducherry’s English-medium schools, the two-Indian-language rule leaves no slot for French or German, so French is likely to be dropped as the third language.
- The Puducherry DMK announced a protest and called the move an attempt to impose Hindi, saying it erodes a core part of the territory’s identity.
- Schools and parents flagged the seven-day deadline, missing textbooks, and questions over teacher deployment as hurdles to carrying out the change.
- Parents’ groups cited the 1956 India–France treaty to argue for protecting French in classrooms, and some urged shifting from CBSE to a state or separate board to keep French instruction.