Maharashtra colleges to make Hindi a obligatory third language from 2025 beneath NEP rollout

MUMBAI: The Maharashtra authorities has taken a coverage choice to implement the Nationwide Schooling Coverage (NEP) 2020 with Hindi as a obligatory third language from the tutorial 12 months 2025-26.
As per an in depth authorities notification, Hindi can be a obligatory third language for college kids in Lessons 1 to five learning in Marathi and English medium colleges.
The brand new curriculum beneath NEP 2020 will observe a phased timeline, beginning with Class 1 in 2025-26 educational 12 months and increasing to all grades by 2028-29.
In keeping with the notification, different medium colleges in Maharashtra are already following the three-language system since English and Marathi are obligatory within the state; and so they additionally educate the language which is their medium of instruction.
Nonetheless, in English and Marathi medium colleges, solely two languages had been taught.
Within the case of Curriculum and Construction, the state authorities of Maharashtra will undertake the 5+3+3+4 mannequin, with localised curriculum growth by SCERT (State Council of Instructional Analysis and Coaching) and Balbharati the state textbook bureau.
The SCERT has additionally ready a bridge course for courses the place college students can be transitioning instantly from the previous to new curriculum.
The federal government goals to coach 80 per cent of lecturers in new pedagogical strategies and digital instruments by 2025.
“The 5+3+3+4 academic construction, launched by the NEP 2020 beneath the brand new curriculum, divides faculty training into 4 phases: Foundational stage, preparatory stage, center stage, and a secondary stage.
“This new coverage restructures the earlier 10+2+3 system right into a 5+3+3+4 format, masking training from foundational to greater ranges. The coverage is being progressively carried out within the state. It’s constructed on 5 pillars: Entry, Fairness, High quality, Affordability, and Accountability, and aligns with the Sustainable Growth Targets (SDGs) to be achieved by 2030,” Deputy Secretary of the state training division, Tushar Mahajan stated in a notification.
In accordance the notification, the federal government will launch the graduation of the 5+3+3+4 construction of college training, as beneficial beneath NEP 2020 whereby first 5 years (3 years of pre-primary and courses 1 and a couple of) can be foundational stage, courses 3 to five can be Preparatory stage, Lessons 6 to eight can be coated beneath Center faculty and remaining 4 years (Lessons 9 to 12) can be Secondary Schooling.
The three language system, too, can be carried out as per the prescribed phases, beginning with Class 1 from the upcoming educational 12 months.
Additional, the textbooks of Maharashtra State Board will now be primarily based on curriculum developed by the Nationwide Council of Instructional Analysis and Coaching (NCERT) together with modifications as per Maharashtra’s native context, particularly in topics like Social Science and languages.
Accordingly, Class 1 textbooks are being revealed by Balbharati.