The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) order, asking students to write board exams only in English or Hindi, has left Urdu-medium schools confused and uncertain.
According to a report in The Telegraph India, although permission can be sought from the board to write exams in languages other than English and Hindi, this option is only available to Delhi-based schools.
Although the board stopped providing question papers in Urdu in 2021, students had been allowed to write answers in Urdu.