Responding to rumours that Punjabi and some other regional languages are being removed from its curriculum, the Central Board of Secondary Education has clarified that the languages currently offered in the board examinations will continue to be offered in the next academic year.
In an addendum to the draft of its policy for two board exams of Class X release, the board clarified that the list of other subjects and languages contained in the draft date sheet of February 25, 2025, is only indicative and that all the subjects and languages as offered presently shall continue to be offered for the academic year 2025-2026 as well.Thus, in addition to the languages mentioned under the list of languages in point 8 of the draft policy under the heading “Regional and Foreign languages group”, Punjabi, Russian, Nepali, Limboo, Lepcha, Sindhi, Malayalam, Odia, Assamese, Kannada, Kokborok, Telugu, Arabic, and Persian, shall continue to be offered.
Bal Malkit Singh, executive chairman of Maharashtra State Punjabi Sahitya Academy, Government of Maharashtra, said there has been confusion regarding the status of the Punjabi language in CBSE board exams, with rumours circulating on social media claiming its removal from the list of regional and foreign languages.
“We have verified this matter directly with CBSE, and it has been officially confirmed that 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝. Punjabi, along with all other existing subjects, will 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 in the upcoming board examinations.We urge students, parents, and the community 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 and to rely only on official CBSE notifications. The board has clearly stated that 𝐏𝐮𝐧𝐣𝐚𝐛𝐢 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐮𝐦,” said Singh
