These textbooks were part of the earlier system as well and their continuation suggests that no immediate changes are being introduced in the language pattern at the primary level. (File Photo) Nearly three months after Maharashtra’s three-language policy committee submitted its report, the state government is yet to announce whether primary school students in Maharashtra State Board schools will have to learn an additional language. But Balbharati’s newly released textbook list for the 2026-27 academic year has offered the clearest indication yet that the existing language-learning system is likely to continue for now. With no change in the language textbooks prescribed for Classes 2, 3, 4 and 6, educationists say the state appears to be sticking to the current practice under which Marathi- and English-medium schools teach two languages at the primary level, while other mediums continue with three.…