<span style="color: #222222;">Maharashtra's Upper House has unanimously passed the bill proposing to make Marathi a compulsory subject in all schools across the state.<br />''<br />'' According to the legislation, schools found in non- compliance with the provisions of the bill would attract penalty of upto 1 lakh rupees. The bill covers all schools irrespective of the boards they are affiliated to.<br />''  </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Expressing happiness over the passage of bill, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said he will continue to pursue with the Centre, the matter of granting classical language status to Marathi. The Maharashtra Compulsory Teaching and Learning of Marathi Language in Schools Bill, 2020, will now be tabled in the state assembly on Thursday.<br />'' <br />'' Meanwhile, scrapping another of Devendra Fadnavis led BJP government's idea, state education minister Varsha Gaikwad has announced shutting down of the Maharashtra International Education Board which was introduced last year.</span><br />''  <br />