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Over 50 Marathi schools in US to get support from Maharashtra government

As Marathi continues to be taught in community-run schools across the United States, Maharashtra's Minister for Information Technology and Cultural Affairs, Ashish Shelar, has assured formal support from the state WITH BAY AREA MANDALDuring a recent visit to the Bay Area in San Francisco, Ashish Shelar met with representatives of the Maharashtra Mandal, an organisation that oversees several such institutions, run by volunteers from the Marathi-speaking diaspora, focus on teaching the Marathi language along with lessons in culture, history, and folk traditions to children growing up outside India. The Bay Area school, in operation since 2005, currently has around 300 students the US, more than 50 Marathi schools function in similar ways, sustained by community effort but without formal the meeting, the Mandal representatives conveyed that official support, such as a standard curriculum, examination framework, and recognition, would help improve teaching quality and simplify also pointed out that formal certification could encourage wider participation from parents and ASSURES COOPERATIONIn response, Mr Shelar said he would take up the matter with Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and School Education Minister Dada assured the group that the Maharashtra government would extend full would include access to curriculum materials, official endorsement letters, and other documentation that could support the functioning and recognition of these visit reflects a growing awareness of the role that diaspora communities play in keeping regional languages and cultures these schools are not part of any formal education network, their contribution to preserving linguistic heritage outside India is this assurance from the minister, the volunteers and families running these schools now await concrete implemented, this support may provide structure to their efforts and help strengthen the long-term sustainability of Marathi language learning in the diaspora.- Ends