Urdu medium Govt schools to come up in UP: Akhilesh Yadav

Lucknow, Apr 1: Urdu medium government schools at primary, middle and higher secondary levels will be set up in Muslim dominated areas across Uttar Pradesh, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav announced on Sunday.

"At a meeting with Moallim-e-Urdu Welfare Association,the Chief Minister announced he will set up Urdu medium schools in Muslim dominated areas to promote the language," Samajwadi Party spokesman Rajendra Chaudhary said.

Akhilesh, who met the delegation at 5, Kalidas Marg, his official residence, said knowledge of Urdu language would help people get jobs and budgetary adjustments would be made for providing technical education in Madarsas.

The CM said the state government would create pressure on the Centre for implementation of recommendation of Rangnath Mishra commission and Sachar committe report.

He said recommendations which could be fulfilled by the state government would be implemented at the earliest.

On the issue of reservation to Muslims, he said in the light of Sachar committee report considering them to be most backward in terms of socio-economic and education point of view separate reservation would be given on the basis of populations like dalits.

PTI