Maharashtra Government has made the reading of the Preamble of the Constitution mandatory for the Maharashtra schools. The reading will be done after prayer in all primary and secondary schools in Maharashtra.
The Maharashtra government will also enact a law during the next Assembly session, making it mandatory to teach Marathi language in all schools in the state from Class 1 to Class 10 irrespective of mediums of instructions. The next session of the Assembly will be held in February.
Shiv Sena leader, Subhash Desai who is also the Marathi Language Minister, stated the draftbill in this connection is being prepared. The comment was made during an interaction organised by the ‘Mumbai Marathi Patrakar Sangh’.