Maharashtra: Panel on 3-language policy to submit report by December 5

Panel head Narendra Jadhav

The Maharashtra government-appointed committee on language policy in schools held its first meeting on Wednesday and decided to reach out to all stakeholders, including political parties, for views before finalising its report on the emotive issue by December 5.

The panel, headed by economist and educationist Narendra Jadhav, has been constituted to frame a three-language policy for schools in line with the National Education Policy 2020 (NEP) after a section of political parties opposed the "imposition" of Hindi in Maharashtra, where Marathi is the dominant tongue.

Addressing a press conference after the meeting, Jadhav said the process of how to reach out to maximum stakeholders before framing the language policy was decided by committee members. The committee will have its own website, which will be ready in 15 days, he said, adding, a special link will be established so that people can voice their views and opinions can be uploaded.

Jadhav said the seven-member panel deliberated on finalising two questionnaires for students, parents, educational institutions, political leaders and writers, seeking their views on from which grade the three-language policy should be implemented.

The earlier policy envisaged teaching a third language to students of Marathi and English medium schools from Std I to Std V. He said the committee members will travel to Pune, Nashik, Nagpur, Ratnagiri, Solapur, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Kolhapur and Mumbai for meeting stakeholders and seeking views.

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