Foreign-language teachers say Chinese as a language was gaining popularity in Bengaluru since 2017
BENGALURU: The National Education Policy (NEP) approved by the Union cabinet two days ago does not mention ‘Chinese’ among the foreign languages it cites as examples students can learn at the secondary level.
The ‘Chinese’ language (rather than Mandarin or Cantonese) was mentioned in the draft released in 2019. It had named French, German, Spanish, Chinese and Japanese as foreign languages which could be offered as electives, and not in pla