Govt considering making Marathi compulsory: Ajit Pawar

Lamenting that many students can t read and write Marathi, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar said on Friday that government was thinking of making Marathi compulsory in all schools till class 10.

He was speaking at a felicitation program at Baramati, his Assembly constituency.

" number of children studying in English-medium schools is increasing and y speak very good English. But y are t able to read and write Marathi properly," NCP leader said.

"Very soon we are going to take up one issue, and that is to make Marathi a compulsory subject in schools, be it Urdu-medium, Hindi-medium or English-medium, from class 1 to Class 10," Pawar said.

"We all live in Maharashtra and every child should read and write Marathi properly," he said.

Some students may feel that ir marks in class 10 and 12 will suffer if y are forced to study an additional subject, he said.

"But I would like to tell m, do t think of only percent. Our mor-tongue should be conserved," deputy chief minister added.

Earlier, NCP leader was accorded a grand welcome in town as he was visiting Baramati for first time after becoming deputy CM.

Im Source: PTI