Centre gets more time in India three-language policy case
The Centre has been given additional time to consider a Supreme Court proposal to exempt pupils currently in Class 6 from the three-language policy case, The Hindu reports. Chief Justice Kant said the government could use the time to develop incentives encouraging students to study a third language.
The Centre has been given more time to consider a proposal in a case concerning India’s three-language policy, The Hindu reports. The proposal would exempt students who are currently in Class 6, according to the supplied material. The source does not specify the length of the additional period granted to the government.
Chief Justice Kant said the extra time could be used to develop incentives for children to take up the study of a third language in school. The available report does not set out the wider arguments in the case, identify the proposed incentives or explain how the exemption would be implemented. It also does not provide details of the government’s response to the proposal.
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