Nagpur: After a letter from the state government to both schools who have not introduced Marathi as a mandatory subject, local education officials have begun to plan their actions in the future.
Vaishali Jamdar, Deputy Director of Education Nagpur Division, told TII that he had told officers in all six districts under his purview to continue in accordance with legal provisions.
Last year, the state legislature passed the teaching of Maharashtra and Language Language Law Marathi, which made binding in other council affiliated schools to also introduce Marathi in their curriculum.
The school faces a fine of RS1 Lakh if the subject has not been introduced.
JAMDAR said, “As soon as we received a letter from the Director of State Education, district level officials were told about the need to follow up with action.
After the question they finished, they will send me a report, based on further action will be decided.” The introduction of Marathi subjects must be done Gradually up to 2024.
For the current session, STD I-II and STD VII need to have Marathi as a mandatory subject.
Sources in the District Education Office told TOI that at this time, information must come from school based on ‘voluntary’.
“There’s no way we can visit every school when their marathi class is on.
In fact, it is not possible even if we have decided to visit institutions because throughout Maharashtra, STD I-II is closed.
And STD VI-VII is open only in rural areas,” said an official.
The Ministry of Education will now use the preferred communication mode, send notifications or rounds.
“We will send these letters to all schools through our taluka level officials where they are asked Marathi is a mandatory subject in these specific classes,” the officer said.
Quite a lot of schools have not introduced a subject, but with the information sought voluntarily, they can ‘misinterpret the facts’ to escape.
However, the official felt that no school would take such risks.
“They are committed to something in writing, and if it’s not the truth, they can be in serious problems,” the official said.
It is expected that all information will be collected within two to three weeks and a report is sent to the education department headquarters in Pune.
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