Mumbai government mandates Marathi as a core subject in all schools from 2025-26, enforcing compliance and evaluating students on a marks-based system. Mumbai: The state government is determined to enforce Marathi as a mandatory core subject in all schools, irrespective of board or medium, starting from the academic year 2025-26. The announcement, made on Tuesday by school education minister Dadaji Bhuse, signals the end of previous concessions that allowed schools to treat Marathi as a graded subject due to pandemic-related disruptions. Marathi to be made compulsory in all schools from next academic year: Education minister “Schools must ensure that Marathi is taught and evaluated as a core subject. Any reluctance to comply with this mandate will not be tolerated,” Bhuse said. To ensure strict adherence, the government clarified that the policy applies to all private, CBSE, ICSE, and other English medium schools in the state as well. A government resolution (GR) that was issued in Sep...
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