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dated January 18, 1957: Three-language formula

English has been recommended as one of three languages for compulsory study in the secondary stage in Indian schools by the Central Advisory Board of Education, which concluded its 24th meeting in New Delhi on January 17. The Board recommended that the three-language formula be accepted as the basic for formulating an all-India policy. It also urged that State Governments be invited to take necessary action as early as possible to fall in line with the all-India policy. Under the formula all students with certain exceptions will have to study three languages, namely, the mother-tongue or the regional language, Hindi and English. Students in the Hindi-speaking areas will be required to study one other modern Indian language. In certain cases, where the parents are only temporarily resident in a State or are liable to transfer from State to State in the interest of Government work, the child will be exempted from studying the regional language.

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