Originally posted by: nightingale1234
Nope, in India purely based on the education system it is quite different. Depends on which medium ( State, Cbse board or icse board).
For cbse and icse board: Until class 4 students learn all subjects (english, Hindi and one regional language).
From class 5, we have options. Like, a student can choose from kannada, Marathi, malyalam ,hindi, Sanskrit , french etc.
The rule is that students must study three languages, atleast two of which must be native Indian languages .
For instance, in my case I chose Sanskrit as my first language from the given options,but others may choose english or Hindi or the regional language as the first language.I chose english as the second language, and the regional language as the third language , though, the regional language is our native language.( The only rule is you have to study two Indian languages along with English).
I have heard it's changed now n you have to take one of the subject as regional language and it's compulsory now. Suppose, you are studying in Maharashtra, no matter what combination you take, one of them must have Marathi. Similarly, if you are studying in Karnataka, you must take up one of the subject as kannada and so on. That's applicable for all the states.
The above is applicable for icse n cbse boards. Same may differ for state boards.
I studied cbse and my first language was English. All the books for other subjects were in English so obviously it's the first language. In state there will be Malayalam medium and the kids who chose it will have Malayalam as their first language and all their books will be in Malayalam including science and maths. The only time they study English is during English period. But for kids from English medium the only time they have to study in any other language is when they study hindi or Malayalam or any other regional language. I studied English, hindi and Malayalam till 5 and from 6th I have to choose between Hindi or Malayalam and English is compulsory as it's the first language.


