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.ย
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 ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ง๐จ ๐๐ก๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐. Punjabi, along with all other existing subjects, will ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐๐๐ฅ๐ in the upcoming board examinations.We urge students, parents, and the community ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง and to rely only on official CBSE notifications. The board has clearly stated that ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐ฃ๐๐๐ข ๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐ง ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ,” said Singh
