Governing body of CBSE has decided that Class X Board exams will be compulsory from the academic session 2017-18 and three language formula could be extended till Class X while foreign language might be treated as fourth and elective. <br/><br/>The decision was taken unanimously yesterday at the meeting of the body. <br/><br/>PTI quoting sources said, all members of the CBSE governing body agreed that from next academic year, compulsory Board exams should be introduced for all students of Class X.<br/><br/>Currently, it is optional for CBSE students to choose either the Board exam or a school-based examination.<br/><br/>HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar has in the past favoured making Board exam compulsory for CBSE students as is the practice in all state boards.<br/><br/>Sources said, in other key decisions, the CBSE decided that the three language formula, under which Hindi, English and Indian language are taught, should be extended to class IX and X as well from the current VI to VIII. <br/><br/>It was also decided that languages listed in schedule VIII of the Constitution should be taught under the 'Three language formula', and purely foreign languages should be taught as a fourth language as an elective subject.

Governing body of CBSE has decided that Class X Board exams will be compulsory from the academic session 2017-18 and three language formula could be extended till Class X while foreign language might be treated as fourth and elective. <br/><br/>The decision was taken unanimously yesterday at the meeting of the body. <br/><br/>PTI quoting sources said, all members of the CBSE governing body agreed that from next academic year, compulsory Board exams should be introduced for all students of Class X.<br/><br/>Currently, it is optional for CBSE students to choose either the Board exam or a school-based examination.<br/><br/>HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar has in the past favoured making Board exam compulsory for CBSE students as is the practice in all state boards.<br/><br/>Sources said, in other key decisions, the CBSE decided that the three language formula, under which Hindi, English and Indian language are taught, should be extended to class IX and X as well from the current VI to VIII. <br/><br/>It was also decided that languages listed in schedule VIII of the Constitution should be taught under the 'Three language formula', and purely foreign languages should be taught as a fourth language as an elective subject.

Governing body of CBSE has decided that Class X Board exams will be compulsory from the academic session 2017-18 and three language formula could be extended till Class X while foreign language might be treated as fourth and elective. <br/><br/>The decision was taken unanimously yesterday at the meeting of the body. <br/><br/>PTI quoting sources said, all members of the CBSE governing body agreed that from next academic year, compulsory Board exams should be introduced for all students of Class X.<br/><br/>Currently, it is optional for CBSE students to choose either the Board exam or a school-based examination.<br/><br/>HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar has in the past favoured making Board exam compulsory for CBSE students as is the practice in all state boards.<br/><br/>Sources said, in other key decisions, the CBSE decided that the three language formula, under which Hindi, English and Indian language are taught, should be extended to class IX and X as well from the current VI to VIII. <br/><br/>It was also decided that languages listed in schedule VIII of the Constitution should be taught under the 'Three language formula', and purely foreign languages should be taught as a fourth language as an elective subject.

Governing body of CBSE has decided that Class X Board exams will be compulsory from the academic session 2017-18 and three language formula could be extended till Class X while foreign language might be treated as fourth and elective. <br/><br/>The decision was taken unanimously yesterday at the meeting of the body. <br/><br/>PTI quoting sources said, all members of the CBSE governing body agreed that from next academic year, compulsory Board exams should be introduced for all students of Class X.<br/><br/>Currently, it is optional for CBSE students to choose either the Board exam or a school-based examination.<br/><br/>HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar has in the past favoured making Board exam compulsory for CBSE students as is the practice in all state boards.<br/><br/>Sources said, in other key decisions, the CBSE decided that the three language formula, under which Hindi, English and Indian language are taught, should be extended to class IX and X as well from the current VI to VIII. <br/><br/>It was also decided that languages listed in schedule VIII of the Constitution should be taught under the 'Three language formula', and purely foreign languages should be taught as a fourth language as an elective subject.

Governing body of CBSE has decided that Class X Board exams will be compulsory from the academic session 2017-18. The decision was taken unanimously yesterday at the meeting of the body. It was also decided that three language formula could be extended till Class X and foreign language might be treated as fourth and elective. <br/><br/>PTI quoting sources said, all members of the CBSE governing body agreed that from next academic year, compulsory Board exams should be introduced for all students of Class X.<br/><br/>Currently, it is optional for CBSE students to choose either the Board exam or a school-based examination.<br/><br/>HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar has in the past favoured making Board exam compulsory for CBSE students as is the practice in all state boards.<br/><br/>Sources said, in other key decisions, the CBSE decided that the three language formula, under which Hindi, English and Indian language are taught, should be extended to class IX and X as well from the current VI to VIII. <br/><br/>It was also decided that languages listed in schedule VIII of the Constitution should be taught under the 'Three language formula', and purely foreign languages should be taught as a fourth language as an elective subject.