India, March 14 -- The Maharashtra government has warned of strict action against schools across mediums and boards that fail to comply with the mandate of teaching Marathi from classes 1 to 10.

School education minister Dada Bhuse on Friday told the state assembly that the government would undertake a special drive to review the implementation of this rule in schools from June. The state may potentially revoke the recognition of schools found flouting norms regarding the teaching of Marathi, he added.

Bhuse was replying to concerns raised by MLAs alleging that some prominent international schools were not teaching Marathi. According to legislation introduced in March 2020, Marathi is mandatory for students of classes 1 to 10 in all sch...