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MUMBAI: Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday announced in the legislative council that Marathi will be made compulsory in all schools in Maharashtra, irrespective of the board.“Many schools have not been following the state directive to include Marathi,” he said, adding that the government will make legal amendments to make a stringent rule. “We will do whatever we can to change the law and make it mandatory for all schools of any board to have Marathi as a compulsory subject,” he said amid table-thumping by most council members.
A council member suggested that emphasis should not be only on the promotion of the language but also on promoting Marathi culture in the state. Another member demanded that there should be a Marathi university in the state, which will be the pride of Maharashtra.Fadnavis had recently said that Marathi is a rich language and students should learn it voluntarily. “Marathi is an ancient language which is rich like other ancient languages,” he had stated.
A GR (June 20, 2012) stated Marathi will taught up to class VIII in schools affiliated to ICSE/CBSE/IGCSE/IB or any other board. In another circular, it is a condition to be fulfilled by non-state board schools when they seek NOCs from the government.
City schools said they have had Marathi for at least few years. A popular CBSE school teaches students from class III to VII. Similarly, an ICSE school in the western suburbs offers it till class VII. “We are expected to teach it till class VIII, but that is the year we began preparing for the board exams and hence we teach it only up to class VII,” said the principal.
But several schools in the city do not implement the rule. “The rules have been in place but as there are no examinations up to class VIII, it isn’t monitored and no action has been taken against schools which do not teach Marathi,” said Uday Nare, teacher, Hansraj Morarji Public School, Andheri.
Similar demands have been made in the past and the government had assured action.
Meanwhile, school education minister Ashish Shelar said the state had received an overwhelming number of applications under the Right to Education (RTE) Act. “Of the 2.44 lakh applications, 1.16 lakh have been allotted seats under RTE. Others will also get admission, we will ensure that no child suffers. But we have decided to go for the third and fourth rounds of RTE,” he replied to a question in the council on Thursday.