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Hindi made compulsory as 3rd language in Maha Schools
NEW DELHI [Maha Media]: Maharashtra Government has decided that Hindi as a third language will be mandatory for students in classes 1 to 5 in Marathi and English-medium schools across the state, in a departure from the practice of studying two languages.
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) president Raj Thackeray slammed the move, adding his party will oppose the decision vehemently and ensure that it is not implemented.
The three-language formula for classes 1 to 5 is a part of the new curriculum implementation under the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020.
The state school education department has declared a phase-wise implementation plan of the new curriculum framework designed as per the NEP 2020 recommendations for school education.
“I want to make it clear that MNS will not tolerate this decision. We will not allow the central government's current efforts to 'Hindi-fy' everything, to succeed in this state,” Thackeray said in a post on X.
“Hindi is not a national language. It is a state language like other languages in the country. Why should it be taught in Maharashtra from the very beginning? Whatever your trilingual formula is, limit it to government affairs, do not bring it to education,” he said.
“Why have you started imposing the language of another region on Maharashtra? The very principle of linguistic regionalization is being undermined,” the MNS chief said.
“We are Hindus but not Hindi! If you try to paint Maharashtra as Hindi, then there is bound to be a struggle in Maharashtra,” Thackeray said.
The MNS chief wondered why Hindi was being forced on Maharashtra. “Will you force Hindi in a southern state? If you do, the governments there will be outraged,” he said.
“Today they are forcing languages upon us, tomorrow they will issue other such fatwas,” the MNS chief said.
The Opposition Congress slammed the state government, saying the move amounts to the imposition of Hindi.
Currently, only Marathi and English are being taught as mandatory languages from Classes 1 to 4 in these schools.
