Senior Congress chief Digvijaya Singh has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, elevating issues over the necessary implementation of the CBSE’s three-language coverage for Class IX college students in the midst of the tutorial session and urging the Centre to place the transfer on maintain.
Singh, who additionally serves because the chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Training, Ladies, Kids, Youth and Sports activities, stated the sudden rollout of the coverage with out satisfactory academics, textbooks, or adequate transition time might trigger vital disruption. He warned that the state of affairs could possibly be “not in contrast to the chaos witnessed throughout the hasty implementation of CBSE’s On-Display screen Marking (OSM) system”.
“I’m forwarding herewith a illustration acquired from a bunch of involved mother and father of CBSE Class IX college students, opposing the necessary implementation of the three-language coverage within the present mid-session.”
PARENTS RAISE CONCERNS OVER MID-SESSION ROLLOUT
Within the letter, the senior Congress member wrote, “.”Having gone by the illustration, I discover the issues raised to be real and deserving of speedy consideration. The sudden enforcement of this coverage mid-session — with out satisfactory academics, textbooks, or transition time is more likely to create critical disruption, not in contrast to the chaos witnessed throughout the hasty implementation of CBSE’s On-Display screen Marking (OSM) system, which adversely impacted lakhs of scholars throughout the nation.”
CBSE ACCUSED OF OVERRIDING ITS OWN DECISION
Additional, Singh stated it had been delivered to his consideration that the CBSE’s Governing Physique, at its assembly in December 2025, had ratified the Curriculum Committee’s suggestion that ‘colleges proceed with the present Scheme of Research, particularly with regard to languages, till the discharge of graded language textbooks by NCERT.
Regardless of its personal Governing Physique’s choice, the CBSE issued a round on Could 15, 2026, directing colleges to implement third-language instruction for Grade IX college students from July 1, 2026, the Rajya Sabha MP stated.
The NCERT has not but launched graded language textbooks and, subsequently, the CBSE has really useful using NCERT’s Grade 6 textbooks, he added.
“It’s not clear how and why the CBSE has so evidently overturned its Governing Physique’s choice, and completed so in a way that threatens the tutorial planning of hundreds of colleges throughout the nation,” Singh stated.
CONCERNS OVER LANGUAGE CHOICE AND TEACHER SHORTAGE
The senior Congress chief argued that the state of affairs is especially untenable for college students within the southern and northeastern states, the place Hindi isn’t broadly spoken, and native tribal languages might not characteristic within the CBSE’s recognised language checklist.
Sanskrit has emerged as a well-liked third-language selection for a lot of colleges. Nevertheless, there’s a extreme scarcity of certified Sanskrit academics and applicable textbooks, a state of affairs that may defeat the very objective of selling the language, he stated.
“Rising above all different issues, my respectful suggestion is that the implementation of this coverage for present Class IX college students be placed on maintain instantly,” Singh stated in his letter dated June 5.
“I perceive that the matter is sub-judice however that the decision of the honourable Courtroom is just due on fifteenth July, 2026. That is after the date on which colleges are supposed to be implementing the instruction of the third language (i.e., 1st July 2026), he stated.”Due to this fact, I earnestly hope that the matter will obtain your pressing and sympathetic consideration within the curiosity of the tens of millions of scholars whose tutorial futures depend upon sound and well-prepared coverage selections,” the Congress chief stated.
SINGH ALSO RAISED NEET-UG PAPER LEAK ISSUE
Singh had additionally written to Prime Minister Modi a number of days earlier relating to the NEET-UG paper leak difficulty, urging the federal government to difficulty a white paper documenting cases of paper leaks or irregularities in NTA-conducted examinations over the previous eight years and the motion taken in every case.
Singh had stated that at a time when lakhs of scholars are below immense stress, it’s vital to strengthen their religion within the examination system.
The NEET (UG) 2026 examination, carried out by the NTA on Could 3, was cancelled on Could 12 following allegations of a paper leak, that are presently being investigated by the CBI. A re-examination has been scheduled for June 21.
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