Hindi is a mandatory language in schools?

The Committee on New Education Policy in its draft report has not recommended making any language compulsory. This clarification is necessitated in the wake of mischievous and misleading report in a section of the media.

There are media reports that say the Kasturirangan report on New Education Policy says that Hindi language has to be made compulsory in schools across the country.

Hindi must be made mandatory till Class 8, says draft report on new education policy.