Marathi to be assessed by marks, not grades, from 2025-26 in non-state-board schools
In 2020, the Maharashtra Compulsory Teaching and Learning of Marathi Language in Schools Act mandated that Marathi be a compulsory subject in all schools across the state, regardless of their board affiliation.
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The Maharashtra school education department has issued a new directive clarifying that the previous grading system for Marathi was a temporary measure introduced post-pandemic to address challenges posed by school closures. (S K Safrin Begum)Starting from the academic year 2025-26, Marathi will no longer be assessed as a graded subject in non-state-board schools, such as those affiliated with CBSE and ICSE. Instead, evaluation for this compulsory subject will be based on marks.
The Maharashtra school education department has issued a new directive clarifying that the previous grading system for Marathi was a temporary measure introduced post-pandemic to address challenges posed by school closures. Moving forward, all schools will assess students in Marathi using marks, not grades.
In 2020, the Maharashtra Compulsory Teaching and Learning of Marathi Language in Schools Act mandated that Marathi be a compulsory subject in all schools across the state, regardless of their board affiliation. However, in April 2023, the state education department announced that Marathi will be graded instead of marked for non-state-board schools.
This adjustment aimed at mitigating disruptions caused by the pandemic and applied specifically to students who were in class 8 during the 2022-23 academic year. This temporary relaxation was intended solely for this batch, which is now in Class 10 for the 2024-25 academic year.
The new Government Resolution (GR) issued on Friday clarifies that this grading relaxation was a one-time measure. “The relaxation announced in April was applicable to only one batch, which will now advance to Class 11. As this batch completes Class 10, the relaxation will end, and from the academic year 2025-26, Marathi language will once again be evaluated with marks,” the GR stated.
In 2021, the state began reviewing the implementation and imposed punitive measures for non-compliance of the Maharashtra Compulsory Teaching and Learning of Marathi Language in Schools Act, ranging from show-cause notices to fines. Although no formal report on this review was issued, a new GR in 2023 introduced a temporary relaxation for non-state-board schools, permitting grading instead of marking.
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