The State Council of Education, Research and Training (SCERT) of the Maharashtra government has classified English as a foreign language and non-compulsory subject for classes XI and XII in a draft syllabus, PTI reported. The SCERT has also sought suggestions from interested parties until June 3.
As per the current curriculum being followed, English is a compulsory subject for these two classes.
The draft syllabus says there would be eight subjects for classes XI and XII: two languages, four optional subjects and two compulsory subjects.
Of two languages, one must be chosen from a group of 17 Indian languages, including Marathi, Sanskrit, Hindi, Gujarati, Urdu, Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam, Sindhi, Bengali, Punjabi, Pali, Telugu, Ardhamagadhi, Maharashtri Prakrit, Avesta. -Pahalvi.
English has been included in the foreign language category along with German, French, Russian, Japanese, Spanish, Chinese, Persian and Arabic.
The second language could be from the first or second group. English, therefore, would not be a mandatory language.
According to the PTI report, the draft also talks about education in interdisciplinary areas with special focus on the changes that are taking place due to climate change.
