The Maharashtra government will on Thursday introduce the bill making the Marathi language
mandatory in all schools in the state, the Legislative Assembly was told on Wednesday.
School Education Minister Varsha Gaikwad told the Lower House that the decision was taken through a mutual understanding after holding deliberations with all the educational boards including IB, ICSE and CBSE.

The proposed bill seeks to make the Marathi language compulsory from class 1 to class 10. "The government has also studied the pattern being followed in Southern states in teaching local languages in their schools," the minister said. Objecting to her statement, Shiv Sena MLA Bhaskar
Jadhav questioned the need to study such a pattern. "The minister should talk about the stand of the state government," he said.