Marathi to be made mandatory in all the schools of Maharashtra up to class 10
5 years, 1 month ago

Marathi to be made mandatory in all the schools of Maharashtra up to class 10

India Today  

The Uddhav Thackeray government in Maharashtra will bring a bill in the upcoming session of the state legislature to make teaching Marathi mandatory in all schools up to Class 10 irrespective of the board they are affiliated to, a cabinet minister said on Wednesday, February 12, 2020. Minister for Marathi Language Subhash Desai said the draft of the bill is being prepared and the proposed legislation will be introduced in the budget session starting on February 24. Besides schools affiliated to the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary & Higher Secondary Education, there are a number of those which follow syllabus prescribed by education boards like ICSE, CBSE and IGCSE. Read: Jamia Hamdard Professor awarded for Drug Research in Unani Medicine Also Read: Sringar becomes GATE centre for 1st time, 4,046 candidates appeared

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Maharashtra adopts CBSE curriculum in state government schools for competitive exam readiness
6 days, 4 hours ago

Maharashtra adopts CBSE curriculum in state government schools for competitive exam readiness

The Hindu  

The Maharashtra government is introducing CBSE curriculum in State Board schools so students studying in those schools are able to compete better in national-level competitive exams su9ch as NEET and JEE. The announcement by the Minister of School Education of Maharashtra, Dadaji Bhuse, on introducing CBSE curriculum has stirred controversy with the opposition raising concerns about the exclusion of regional …

State schools will adopt CBSE curriculum in phased manner from 2025, announces government
1 week, 1 day ago

State schools will adopt CBSE curriculum in phased manner from 2025, announces government

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: The Maharashtra government will adopt Central Board of Secondary Education curriculum framework for the state schools from academic year 2025 in a phased manner, the state education minister Dadaji Bhuse announced in the state legislature on Monday. State schools will adopt CBSE curriculum in phased manner from 2025, announces government It will be implemented for Class one from 2025, …

Maharashtra government to conduct MPSC exams in Marathi
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Maharashtra government to conduct MPSC exams in Marathi

The Hindu  

In a significant move aimed at promoting regional language, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis announced on Wednesday that the Maharashtra government plans to conduct all competitive examinations organised by the Maharashtra Public Service Commission in Marathi. Addressing the council, Mr. Fadnavis acknowledged that technical examinations for engineering and agriculture posts in the state are currently conducted in English due to the …

Marathi language of Mumbai, say CM, Joshi after row over RSS leader’s remarks
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Marathi language of Mumbai, say CM, Joshi after row over RSS leader’s remarks

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: Decades after it first rocked Maharashtra, the debate over Marathi language again caused ripples in the state’s politics on Thursday after a comment made by Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh ideologue Suresh ‘Bhaiyyaji’ Joshi prompted condemnations from the Opposition and an intervention by chief minister Devendra Fadnavis. “I don’t know what Bhaiyaji Joshi said but I want to make it clear …

Marathi litterateurs express concern about state’s rising crime rate
1 month, 1 week ago

Marathi litterateurs express concern about state’s rising crime rate

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI: The 98th Akhil Bharatiya Sahitya Sammelan, held in Delhi, concluded on Sunday with a strong emphasis on law-and-order issues, preservation of Marathi schools, and safeguarding the Marathi language. Marathi litterateurs express concern about state’s rising crime rate One of the key resolutions raised serious concerns about the rising crime rate in Maharashtra, including student deaths and violence against …

Why Maharashtra is giving government school curriculum a CBSE touch
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Why Maharashtra is giving government school curriculum a CBSE touch

India Today  

The Maharashtra government has decided that all schools affiliated to the state’s board will adopt a curriculum on the lines of the Central Board of School Education. Officials said the move was intended to ensure that students under the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education can study an upgraded curriculum that prepares them for competitive exams. Dadaji …

Why Maharashtra is giving government school curriculum a CBSE touch
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Why Maharashtra is giving government school curriculum a CBSE touch

India Today  

The Maharashtra government has decided that all schools affiliated to the state’s board will adopt a curriculum on the lines of the Central Board of School Education. Officials said the move was intended to ensure that students under the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education can study an upgraded curriculum that prepares them for competitive exams. Dadaji …

Maharashtra makes Marathi mandatory for all official communication
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Maharashtra makes Marathi mandatory for all official communication

India Today  

The Maharashtra government has made it mandatory for all officials in government and semi-government offices to speak only in Marathi, as per a recent notification issued by the state planning department. “All officials must use Marathi language while interacting with visitors, except for visitors from outside India and non-Marathi speaking states,” the notification said. Officials must also ensure that text …

All official communication in Maharashtra to be in Marathi, errant officials to face action
1 month, 4 weeks ago

All official communication in Maharashtra to be in Marathi, errant officials to face action

The Hindu  

To promote the use of the Marathi language, the Maharashtra government on Monday issued an order making it compulsory for all the officials of government, semi-government, local self-government, government corporations, government-aided offices in the State to speak only in Marathi. “In all government, semi-government offices, local self-government bodies, government corporations, government-aided offices, it shall be compulsory to communicate with visitors …

'Marathi' language becomes mandatory in all government offices of Maharashtra
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1 month, 4 weeks ago

'Marathi' language becomes mandatory in all government offices of Maharashtra

India TV News  

Maharashtra: The government of Maharashtra today made a big decision to promote the 'Marathi' language in the state. Maharashtra government has issued a government resolution about use of Marathi language in government offices on Monday. Fadnavis bats for AI-based language model to showcase Marathi literature Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis earlier underscored the need to capitalise on artificial intelligence to …

PROJECT ALANKAR: Government-aided Sanskrit schools set for a revamp, ₹13.65 crore released
6 months, 3 weeks ago

PROJECT ALANKAR: Government-aided Sanskrit schools set for a revamp, ₹13.65 crore released

Hindustan Times  

Government-aided Sanskrit secondary schools in Uttar Pradesh that are over 50 years old are all set to get a major revamp from state government support. For the first time, under Project Alankar— a state government programme that aims to modernise and revitalise secondary schools—funding has been released for the proposed renovations of these Sanskrit schools. Students at a Sanskrit secondary …

Soon, Marathi will be a feature of the school curriculum in London
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Soon, Marathi will be a feature of the school curriculum in London

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: The state government, in collaboration with Maharashtra Mandal of London, will introduce Marathi language curriculum for students in London. The state government, in collaboration with Maharashtra Mandal of London, will introduce Marathi language curriculum for students in London. As per the memorandum of understanding signed between SCERT and Maharashtra Mandal, London, during the Vishwa Marathi Samelan in Navi Mumbai …

BMM to introduce Maharashtra state curriculum in US schools teaching Marathi
1 year, 2 months ago

BMM to introduce Maharashtra state curriculum in US schools teaching Marathi

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: The Brihan Maharashtra Mandal of America has entered into a memorandum of understanding with the State Board of Education to integrate the Maharashtra state curriculum into 80 schools across the United States where the Marathi language is taught. We are striving to provide Marathi language education to the new generation born and raised in America, connecting them to their …

Raj Thackeray Compulsory Marathi Subject Till 10th Standard
1 year, 2 months ago

Raj Thackeray Compulsory Marathi Subject Till 10th Standard

Deccan Chronicle  

Mumbai: Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray has rekindled the ‘Marathi pride issue’ saying Hindi is not a national language and demanded that Marathi language should be made ‘compulsory’ till the 10th standard in all schools in Maharashtra. Hindi is a language just like other languages namely Tamil, Gujarati, Assamese, Bengali, Telugu, Tamil and others,” Thackeray said while addressing a …

Maharashtra: Govt to issue medical textbooks in Marathi from next academic year
2 years, 5 months ago

Maharashtra: Govt to issue medical textbooks in Marathi from next academic year

India TV News  

Maharashtra: The government is all set to render medical education in the Marathi language and for this the Medical Education Department has decided to make textbooks for the first two years of medical degree courses in Marathi. Earlier, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh had announced plans to impart medical education in Hindi as part of the NEP. The National Education …

Marathi language mandatory in all schools across Maharashtra
5 years, 1 month ago

Marathi language mandatory in all schools across Maharashtra

India TV News  

The Maharashtra Legislative Assembly on Thursday unanimously passed a bill that makes Marathi a compulsory subject across all schools in the state. The state Legislative Council had passed the legislation, titled `Maharashtra Compulsory Teaching and Learning of Marathi Language in Schools Bill, 2020', on Wednesday. Desai said the legislation was on the lines of laws in Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Kerala …

Marathi to be made mandatory in CBSE, ICSE schools: CM Devendra Fadnavis
5 years, 9 months ago

Marathi to be made mandatory in CBSE, ICSE schools: CM Devendra Fadnavis

India Today  

Maharashtra government will bring in legislation to make teaching Marathi language compulsory in all schools in the state, including those affiliated to ICSE and CBSE, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said Thursday. Mr Fadnavis informed the Legislative Council that there is already a provision for teaching Marathi language in schools attached to non-state education boards. Action against schools not teaching Marathi …

Marathi must for all boards in Maharashtra: Fadnavis
5 years, 9 months ago

Marathi must for all boards in Maharashtra: Fadnavis

India TV News  

Marathi must for all boards in Maharashtra: Fadnavis Against the backdrop of a planned agitation by Marathi litterateurs, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday reiterated that teaching Marathi is mandatory in all the schools in the state-affiliated to any Central or state education boards. Against the backdrop of a planned agitation by Marathi litterateurs, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday …

Tamil Nadu language row: Prakash Javadekar clarifies no decision taken over teaching Hindi in non-Hindi speaking states
5 years, 10 months ago

Tamil Nadu language row: Prakash Javadekar clarifies no decision taken over teaching Hindi in non-Hindi speaking states

Firstpost  

The draft of the new National Education Policy, proposed by the panel constituted by Javadekar when he was HRD minister in the previous Modi government, had suggested teaching of Hindi in non-Hindi speaking states. New Delhi: In the wake of a controversy over the recommendation of an HRD Ministry panel to teach Hindi in non-Hindi speaking states, Union minister Prakash …

Maharashtra government to include compulsory self-defence classes in school curriculum
6 years, 1 month ago

Maharashtra government to include compulsory self-defence classes in school curriculum

India Today  

The Maharashtra government is planning to bring self- defence as a part of the school curriculum in the state. Maharashtra Education Minister Vinod Tawde responded to an online petition filed by a women self-defence coach from Pune, Neha Shrimal about the same. About the petition filed by the self-defence coach In the petition posted on Change.org in September last year, …

Nope, says Prakash Javadekar to reports on proposal to make Hindi mandatory in schools
6 years, 2 months ago

Nope, says Prakash Javadekar to reports on proposal to make Hindi mandatory in schools

India Today  

Union minister Prakash Javadekar has rejected reports that a committee tasked with framing a new education policy for the country has recommended making Hindi language compulsory until Class 8. "The Committee on New Education Policy in its draft report has not recommended making any language compulsory," Javadekar said in a tweet. According to reports this morning, the committee's draft on …

Tripura schools to have CBSE syllabus and NCERT textbooks from next session, says State Education Minister
6 years, 4 months ago

Tripura schools to have CBSE syllabus and NCERT textbooks from next session, says State Education Minister

India Today  

Tripura's Education Minister Ratan Lal Nath has announced that the state will soon have NCERT books along with CBSE syllabus in its schools. According to the committee, NCERT curriculum and CBSE syllabus will be brought in all government and government-aided schools in the state. Here's what the education minister said: "We shall introduce complete NCERT textbooks and CBSE syllabus from …

Marathi might soon become compulsory in Maharashtra schools: Education Minister
6 years, 4 months ago

Marathi might soon become compulsory in Maharashtra schools: Education Minister

India Today  

The Maharashtra government is thinking to make Marathi compulsory from Class 1 to 10 in all schools. Marathi as a compulsory subject: According to the PTI, Vinod Tawde said this in a written reply to a question by Sena MLA Vilas Potnis which contended that states like West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat and Kerala had made their …

Maharashtra government to form International board for Non-English schools
6 years, 10 months ago

Maharashtra government to form International board for Non-English schools

India Today  

The 13 selected Marathi schools will function according to the new syllabus of international standard and every state district would soon have least one school affiliated to the international board according to the announcement made by Maharashtra education minister Vinod Tawde. Maharashtra education minister Vinod Tawde said,"the Maharashtra International Education Board will prepare the syllabus for non-English medium schools, and …

Now, Marathi to be taught in Uttar Pradesh universities
7 years, 10 months ago

Now, Marathi to be taught in Uttar Pradesh universities

Hindustan Times  

The BJP-led government of Uttar Pradesh has decided to teach Marathi in universities there. UP chief minister, Yogi Adityanath, made the announcement at a function organised by UP governor Ram Naik on the occasion of Maharashtra state foundation day on May 1. The move has surprised many, considering that the Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena is infamous for trying to …

Mumbai Marathi school introduces spoken English classes to save itself from shutdown
8 years, 5 months ago

Mumbai Marathi school introduces spoken English classes to save itself from shutdown

Firstpost  

As Marathi medium civic schools face an uncertain future with student enrollments falling by nearly 60 percent, the DS HIgh School in Sion may have found a way to prevent it Mumbai: Every year around 30 Marathi medium civic schools shut down in Maharashtra posing a serious threat to the state-aided education system. The school recently tied up with Bhakti …

Maharashtra government wants Marathi to be taught till class 8
9 years, 5 months ago

Maharashtra government wants Marathi to be taught till class 8

India Today  

Maharashtra government is pitching to include Marathi as a language for students of Class 1 to 8 studying under Central Board of Secondary Education, Indian Certificate of Secondary Education and International Boards. According to a report published in The Times of India, Maharashtra education minister Vinod Tawde met educational boards representatives in Mumbai and Pune on Friday in this regard. …

Malayalam now must for Kerala government jobs
12 years ago

Malayalam now must for Kerala government jobs

India TV News  

Thiruvananthapuram, Mar 11 : The Kerala Public Service Commission Monday agreed to a state government recommendation making it mandatory for all those selected for government jobs to have a good working knowledge of Malayalam. Hitherto, knowledge of Malayalam was not mandatory, but from now on, all appointed candidates, who have not studied Malayalam either as a first or second language …

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