In Sikkim, English in the medium of instruction in Government schools and is treated as the first/primary language. Presently there are eleven (11) regional languages recognized by the Government of Sikkim as State languages. Besides these eleven languages the Directorate of Languages also monitors the development of three more languages viz. Hindi, Sanskrit and Tibetan. Till date the Government has appointed 1568 regular and 457 ad-hoc language teachers. With the persistent effort of the Government four more State Languages viz. Rai, Gurung, Sherpa and Tamang were affiliated by the CBSE in 2015. The students studying these languages will appear in the CBSE Board Exams in 2017. The case of affiliation of Mangar, Newari & Mukhia is under progress.