Overview
- The Committee on Estimates presented its Tenth Report on August 12 documenting that schools were not given enough time to prepare for the third language introduced from Class 6 and that this shortfall caused stress for students, teachers, parents and administrators.
- The panel praised the Ministry of Education for translating core textbooks into all 22 scheduled languages and for creating tools such as Jaadui Pitara kits, the Bhasha Sangam exposure programme and 121 CIIL mother‑tongue primers.
- The committee found that planning did not anticipate practical needs such as local language teacher hiring, teacher training and timely study materials, leaving many schools without staff or resources to teach the new language option.
- It recommended that the ministry expedite production and translation of textbooks and handbooks, assist state and UT education boards with targeted teacher recruitment, and institutionalise a rigorous state‑wise distribution mechanism for printed and digital materials.
- Implementation now depends on quicker central production paired with state hiring and logistics; failure to align both could disrupt Class 6 instruction and add further burden on rural and government schools before the next academic session.