India, July 17 -- Hearing TN plea on Navodaya schools, SC advises introducing language options in middle school years

The Supreme Court on Thursday voiced concern over the introduction of a third language in Class 9 under the CBSE curriculum, observing it would increase the stress level of students and suggesting it be introduced in Class 5 or Class 6 so that students can cope with it.

A bench of Justices BV Nagarathna and R Mahadevan orally asked the Union Government to not introduce a third language in Class 9.

"Union of India, please don't have a third language from Class 9 level. It would unnecessarily increase the stress level of students. If you want to introduce a new language, then please do it at Class 5 or Class 6 level but n...