Punjabi now compulsory: Punjab govt's strict order in rebuke to CBSE
PTC News Desk: In response to the CBSE's decision not to include Punjabi as a main language in Class 10 board examination, Punjab government has issued a notification making Punjabi language mandatory as a main subject in order to be considered class 10 passed.
The notification also warned that schools failing to comply with these orders will face action under the Punjab Learning of Punjabi and Other Languages Act, 2008.
The notification issued by the Punjab government says, “Students in Punjab will not be considered as having passed Class 10 from any board unless they have studied Punjabi as a main subject. All schools affiliated with any board in the state must teach Punjabi as a primary subject. Schools failing to comply with these orders will face action under the Punjab Learning of Punjabi and Other Languages Act, 2008."
The development comes a day after sharp criticism was issued across the party lines of alleged deletion of Punjabi as a regional language in the list of subjects mentioned in the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) draft norms for class 10 in spite of board's clarification that no subject will be dropped nad that the language will be added in two board format starting 2026.
State Education Minister Harjot Bains said schools were earlier fined for not teaching the Punjabi subject. Now, it was mandatory for all schools to have Punjabi as a main subject.
- PTC NEWS
