mumbai the maharashtra government is considering making the marathi language a compulsory subject up to class 10 in cbse and cisce schools education minister vinod tawde told the legislative council on tuesdaytawdes response came during a discussion on the marathi language on the occasion of marathi bhasha gaurav dinthe birth anniversary of late poet v v shirwadkar also known as kusumagrajat present marathi is a compulsory subject up to class 8 in schools run by the cbse central board of secondary education and the council for the indian school certificate examinations cisce a private board which conduct icse indian certificate of secondary education examinationlegislative council chairman ramraje naik nimbalkar moved a resolution recommending the state government to ensure marathi is valued as a language of knowledge and to take further steps for its developmentmembers of the opposition and ruling benches raised several issues like making marathi compulsory in cbse and cisce schools according a classical language status to marathi etcbjp mlc bhai girkar demanded marathi be made compulsory till class 12 from the upcoming academic year which begins in juneopposition parties have raised the pitch for marathi following a goofup in translating the maharashtra governors address to the state legislature yesterdaythe leader of opposition in the legislative council dhananjay munde ncp said there was no fulltime secretary in the marathi language department and that 40 per cent posts in the department are lying vacantclaiming that the states official language is being neglected by the government he said chief minister devendra fadnavis speaks in hindi and english at various public events whereas ias and ips officers write their file notings in englishtawde said at present marathi is a compulsory subject up to standard 8 in cbse and icse schools we are considering to make it compulsory up to class 10 however the decision will be taken by the education boardhe said a delegation comprising prominent litterateurs and leaders of various parties would meet prime minister narendra modi on the issue of according a classical language status to the language after the budget session watch marathi may be compulsory in cbse cisce schools up to class x