Maharashtra mandates Hindi as third language in schools, sparking debate over language imposition and educational benefits.

The Maharashtra government-appointed Language Consultation Committee chairperson Laxmikant Deshmukh has opposed the State government’s decision to make Hindi compulsory. In a letter to Chief ...

MUMBAI: The Maharashtra government on Tuesday took a sharp U-turn over making Hindi the third language in primary schools. Maharashtra Education Minister and Shiv Sena MLA Dada Bhuse said that ...

The Maharashtra government made the teaching of Hindi compulsory as a third language from Class 1 in all state board schools, alongside Marathi and English The Maharashtra government's language ...

Following criticism for mandating Hindi as a third language for classes I-V, Maharashtra's school education minister Dadaji Bhuse has declared it 'optional'. This decision comes after concerns ...

Marathi is already being made compulsory. You cannot take any other language, except Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam or Gujarati,” he said. “We will take a decision that if a student wishes to learn ...

PUNE: The Maharashtra government's language consultation committee has urged Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to revoke the decision of making Hindi a mandatory third language for students of ...

Pune: The Maharashtra government’s language consultation committee has urged Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to revoke the decision of making Hindi a mandatory third language for students of classes ...

A language consultation panel of the Maharashtra government on Sunday opposed Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis' decision to make Hindi compulsory from first standard in schools. A Government ...

The Maharashtra government's language consultation committee on Sunday urged Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to revoke the decision of making Hindi a mandatory third language for students of classes ...

The Maharashtra government has stayed its order to make Hindi mandatory as a third language for students of Classes 1 to 5 in Marathi and English-medium schools in the wake of opposition to the ...

Fadnavis on Sunday dismissed concerns over the 'imposition' of the Hindi language in the state, asserting Marathi will continue to be compulsory.