UK backs study of Punjabi, Gujarati, Bengali languages

The UK government on Thursday made a fresh commitment to ensure community languages like Punjabi, Gujarati and Bengali continue to be offered within the country’s school curriculum.

Exam boards had warned that there were a number of community languages which may not be continued at GCSE or A level, equivalent to India’s Class 10 and 12.

But the government has stepped in to take action to work with the boards and the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (Ofqual) to make sure that a wide range of language subjects continue to be taught in the classroom.

“All pupils should have the opportunity to study foreign languages as part of a core academic curriculum that prepares them for life in modern Britain.”