Overview
- The eight-member committee led by Dr Narendra Jadhav held its first meeting at Mantralaya and set a consultative roadmap under NEP 2020.
- A dedicated website will go live within about two weeks to gather public responses through two questionnaires, with a special cell tracking inputs in real time.
- Day-long regional consultations are scheduled from October 8 to late November in Sambhajinagar, Nagpur, Kolhapur, Ratnagiri, Nashik, Pune, Solapur and Mumbai.
- Outreach will include meetings with teachers, parents, academics, language activists and political leaders such as Uddhav Thackeray and Raj Thackeray.
- The panel will review other states’ models, weigh options for when to start a third language, and deliver its report to the government by December 5.