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Students in Classes 7, 8, & 9 can continue learning foreign languages this year: Education Ministry sources

These students do not have switch to an extra native language till they complete Class 10, the sources added; the clarification comes over a month after CBSE stated that students in Class 9 must study three languages, of which two should be
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The Education Ministry's clarification allows students in Classes 7, 8, and 9 to continue learning foreign languages without switching to an extra native language.