Daughter studied Marathi till Class 8: Dharmendra Pradhan as he defends 3-language policy
Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan defended CBSE's three-language policy for Class IX. "My daughter studied Marathi till Class 8," he said, arguing that learning in one's mother tongue isn't unusual in India. The minister highlighted that students in nearly "99% of CBSE schools" are already studying in their native language from Classes 6 to 8.