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Maharashtra Panel Opens Survey on School Three-Language Policy, Including Coding and Spoken English

The committee will compile public submissions over three months to shape state recommendations aligned with NEP 2020.

Overview

  • The Jadhav-led committee’s online survey is live at tribhashasamiti.mahait.org with separate questionnaires by school medium and board.
  • The portal launched in Marathi only, and Prof Narendra Jadhav said an English version will be added within a week.
  • Questions seek views on when to introduce languages, whether Hindi should feature, uniform rules across boards, and adding spoken English from middle school.
  • The forms also ask about introducing coding such as Python in Classes 8–10 to support future skills in AI, data analytics and related fields.
  • Language activists and some educators criticized the exercise and the inclusion of coding, while the panel plans in-person consultations starting October 10 in Nagpur.