India, June 30 -- Schools across the state that fail to teach Marathi as a compulsory subject could face derecognition, with the state government on Monday announcing a statewide inspection drive to crack down on violations. State school education minister Dada Bhuse told the state assembly that schools affiliated with every education board would be inspected, while adding that officials who fail to enforce the rules would also face action.

"We have decided to go to the extent of cancelling a school's recognition if it continues to violate the policy. We will conduct a statewide drive to verify whether Marathi is being taught in every school," Bhuse said.

The issue was raised by BJP MLA Atul Bhatkhalkar, who questioned the delay in impl...