'Can Standard 6 be spared 3-language plan this year?' asks SC

SC asks CBSE to consider one-year reprieve on 3-language policy; bench debates whether English is ‘indigenous’NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Thursday asked Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to consider a reprieve to Class VI students by deferring implementation of the three-language policy to next year, by which time it should shore up infrastructure and teaching staff. Under the policy, students must choose two native languages.On a related note, the bench of CJI Surya Kant, and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana delved into whether English is an indigenous language. CBSE, through additional solicitor general Aishwarya Bhati, said it is neither foreign nor native. "We have to examine the extent to which English can be considered non-indigenous. I personally have serious reservation