The TIOBE Index is an indicator of which programming languages are most popular within a given month. According to the TIOBE ...

In the rest of the world, the move is to Java and now possibly Python. Delphi is hardly taught in any school system elsewhere in the world. * The Delphi bias is towards teaching “commercial computing” ...

A possible bonus might be that IIRC Python 2.5 has the database SQLite built in allowing for easy integration of a simple database into applications.

Government's decision to only offer Delphi as an assessment language will have dire consequences for education and IT skills in general, says IITPSA.