Mumbai, April 23 -- Maharashtra Minister Dada Bhuse addressed concerns surrounding the language policy under the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 on Wednesday. He firmly said that there is no provision to impose any particular language on students.

Speaking to mediapersons, Bhuse said, "In the New Education Policy 2020, there was no such provision to impose any language on the students. The central government is in favour of state governments giving importance to their culture and language."

On Maharashtra's approach, he clarified, "In Maharashtra, the Hindi language is taught from Class 5 onwards."

Earlier, State Education Minister Deepak Kesarkar clarified that Hindi will be taught from Classes 1 to 5 to provide students with a b...