Maharashtra mandates Hindi as a third language for Classes 1-5 from 2025-26, implementing NEP 2020's phased rollout, affecting language curriculum in schools.

Maharashtra approves New Education Policy 2020, Hindi made mandatory as third language for classes 1 to 5 According to the newly adopted State Curriculum Framework, students in both mediums will ...

The Maharashtra government has stayed its order to make Hindi mandatory as a third language for students of Classes 1 to 5 in Marathi and English-medium schools in the wake of opposition to the ...

While rolling out the first phase of the National Education Policy, the Maharashtra Government has announced that Hindi would now be a mandatory third language for students of Classes 1 to 5.

Maharashtra has introduced Hindi as the default third language for Classes 1-5, but students can choose another Indian language if 20 in a class opt for it.

A language controversy erupted after the state government’s recent amended order proposed that Hindi be generally taught as a third language in Marathi- and English-medium schools from Classes 1 ...