The sate education department is making efforts to ensure that those studying in Marathi schools learn English from an early age.
After making Marathi compulsory for all central board schools, the state government now wants to ensure that the students of Marathi-medium schools do not lag behind.
The sate education department is making efforts to ensure that those studying in Marathi schools learn English from an early age. The school education department is in the process of recruiting 15,000 teachers with a DEd degree. Of them, 20% seats will be reserved for candidates with English majors.
“We know that the standard of English taught in rural schools and other Marathi-medium schools is not very good,” school education minister Balasaheb Thorat told DNA. “Not only students, but even teachers struggle with the language. Hence, teachers with a strong background in the subject can help enhance the standard at the primary level.”
However, the minister says his department believes in strengthening the base in all three languages being taught in the state.
“But strengthening the base in English at the primary level is very important, which is why we are promoting semi-English schools in the state,” he said.
“The aim is to bring the children from Marathi schools on a par with students from the central boards. Starting this year, the Std IX syllabus for science and mathematics will be as per the NCERT. We will change the syllabus till Std XII in the next two years,” he said.
Apart from that, the department is determined to reach the remotest areas in the state to implement the Right to Education (RTE) Act. Thorat said they were chalking out a scheme which would help them in starting a movement for effective implementation of the RTE.
“The Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan scheme has been successful in reducing the dropout rate. Students get mid-day meals and other incentives to stay in school,” Thorat said.
He added, “We are seriously thinking of introducing awards for villages that motivate the highest number of children to enroll
in schools.”
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