Vernacular Languages
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Maharashtra Assembly clears bill making Marathi compulsory in school curriculum
It will be introduced in all schools, irrespective of the board they are affiliated to, from Class 1 to Class 10 from the coming academic year.
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Odisha publishes 21 bilingual tribal dictionaries to preserve and promote languages
They will be used in multilingual education at the elementary level in tribal-dominated districts, said Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.
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‘Enforce Telugu,’ Venkaiah Naidu tells chief ministers of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh
The vice president said that the governments must make it compulsory for everyone who wants to work in the states to learn and speak its language.
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Venkaiah Naidu urges Andhra CM Chandrababu Naidu to make Telugu compulsory for jobs in state
But the vice president was quick to add that he was not against other languages and only wanted people to be proficient in their mother tongue.
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Why have Mumbai authorities sealed the office of an NGO promoting Urdu and Marathi literature?
The city's municipal corporation has declared Urdu Markaz to be 'non-educational' even though it runs English classes, a library and hosts literary meet-ups.
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