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.