Mysuru: Days after the draft version of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2019 caused a massive uproar for making the study of Hindi mandatory in non-Hindi speaking States, the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) has released a revised draft, removing the requirement. The revision to the draft comes after politicians and citizen slammed the draft for imposing Hindi upon States, in an alleged attempt to ‘homogenise’ the diverse linguistic fabric country.
The revised draft states, “In keeping with the principle of flexibility, students who wish to change one or more of the three languages they are studying may do so in Grade 6 or Grade 7, so long as they are able to still demonstrate proficiency in three languages (one language at the literature level) in their modular Board Examinations some time during secondary school).”
