Mumbai, 18 April. Marathi language has been made compulsory in schools of Maharashtra from class 1 to 10. But the government has decided to take strict action against those schools which are not following this rule. For this, the School Education Department has laid down a detailed procedure and has issued a Government Decision (GR) in this regard. The government proposal emphasizes that Marathi is a compulsory subject from classes 1 to 10 in schools across the state from the academic year 2020-21.
This rule was made mandatory with the enactment of the ‘Maharashtra Compulsory Teaching and Learning of Marathi Language Act, 2020’. If any school violates the rules, it will be given a first notice and it will be mandatory to give an explanation within 15 days. If a satisfactory reply is not received, a fine of up to Rs 1 lakh will be imposed on the concerned school management. Besides, orders will also be issued to introduce Marathi subject compulsorily from the next academic year.
Apart from this, the concerned school will be given an opportunity to appeal against this decision within 30 days. If the order is not followed even after appeal, action will be taken to cancel the recognition of the school concerned. The final decision in this regard will be taken within three months after hearing at the School Education Commissioner level. The department has informed that this decision will help in ensuring effective teaching of Marathi language in all schools in the state.
Recently Maharashtra government has made Marathi language mandatory for taxi drivers. Congress leader Hussain Dalwai had said that all these things are meant to trouble the poor people. He had said why are these things being done now? He had alleged that this is a business of extorting money from rickshaw pullers and taxi drivers.
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