CM Stalin Slams CBSE New 3-Language Policy as ‘Hindi Imposition’
Chennai: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) President and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Saturday criticized the new curriculum framework of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), terming it a “calculated attempt at language imposition” that prioritizes Hindi over regional languages.
CM Stalin urged the Union government to respect India’s linguistic diversity and protect the rights of students in the states, saying the policy undermines federalism, marginalizes non-Hindi-speaking states and places undue burden on students and teachers.
CBSE will start implementing a phased tri-language policy starting from Class 6 from the academic year 2026-27. The policy requires students to learn an additional language, of which at least two out of the three languages will be Indian.
CM Stalin, in a post on He alleged that the Center has advanced a centralizing agenda that marginalizes linguistic diversity while privileging Hindi under the guise of promoting Indian languages.
He also argued that the trilingual formula has made Hindi compulsory for students in non-Hindi-speaking states, while there is no such requirement for Hindi-speaking regions to study southern or other regional languages.
Stalin also criticized the Union government for not making Tamil compulsory in Kendriya Vidyalaya schools and failing to appoint enough Tamil teachers, calling the move “hypocritical”.
He warned that such policies threaten India’s linguistic diversity and federal structure and questioned whether the AIADMK and its NDA allies in Tamil Nadu would oppose what he called the imposition of Hindi or support the Centre’s stand.
