Need to relook if English can be considered an indigenous language: Supreme Court
Supreme Court questioned whether English can be considered an indigenous language while hearing CBSE's three-language scheme.
Court refused to stay the scheme, noting it advances constitutional goal of promoting Hindi and regional languages.
Petitioners argued schools lack teachers and infrastructure to offer 22 languages, and only 3 languages' books are on NCERT website.
Centre and CBSE to file responses within 10 days; court posted next hearing on July 22.
Centre said National Education Policy promotes multilingualism without imposing any language on states.
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