Overview
- CBSE’s circular, issued Friday, mandates three languages in Class 9 with at least two from Indian languages starting July 1, 2026.
- The third language will have no Class 10 board exam, with only school‑based assessment shown on the CBSE certificate and no bar on sitting other board papers.
- Schools will use Class 6 texts for the third language in 2026–27, with guidance due by June 15 and OASIS updates required by June 30 as NCERT readies books in 19 languages.
- To plug staffing gaps, CBSE allows Sahodaya teacher sharing, virtual or hybrid classes, retired educators, and qualified postgraduates, with case‑by‑case relief for CwSN and some overseas contexts.
- Principals and parents warn the mid‑session shift strains timetables and staffing, and combinations with English limit foreign languages to a third slot only when two Indian languages are chosen.