Demanding immediate restoration of Punjabi as main subject in CBSE curriculum
Punjab Newsline, Chandigarh, February 27-
In a powerful and unyielding move, Punjab Government has once again jostled to wake the central government out of its deep slumber, demanding immediate action to restore Punjabi as a main subject in the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) curriculum for Class 10 in Punjab, besides demanding inclusion of Punjabi language in the list of regional languages across India, ensuring that students nationwide have the option to study it.
Punjab School Education Minister Harjot Singh Bains, in a strongly-worded letter written to Union Education Minister Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, on Thursday, has expressed its strongest objection and deep resentment over the deliberate sidelining of Punjabi in the recently proposed CBSE exam pattern for Class 10 (2025-26), urging the central government to intervene and rectify what he termed as a direct attack on the linguistic and cultural identity of Punjab.
The letter came close on the heels of the Punjab government’s notification issued on February 26, 2025, which made Punjabi a mandatory main subject in all schools across the state, regardless of their educational board affiliation.
