Coaching in Urdu for IAS aspirants: Details here
New Delhi, Sep 18: The Delhi government is likely to provide coaching to IAS aspirants in Urdu, taking steps towards making the language a means to build a career, an official statement said.
It stated Deputy Chief Minister and Minister for Art, Culture and Languages Manish Sisodia interacted with toppers in Urdu language hailing from various universities of Delhi on Monday evening.
"The Urdu Academy should start providing coaching to interested students," the statement quoted Mr Sisodia as saying at the event.
"Study material in Urdu will soon be accessible to students who want to write their papers in the medium.
"In the way English and Hindi are treated as a standard language of teaching and study, the Urdu language will also be treated at par with them," Mr Sisodia said.
Dignitaries from the Delhi government, along with Urdu Academy Vice-Chairman Professor Shehpar Rasool, were also present at the event.
Students
excelling
in
the
field
of
Urdu
were
awarded
at
the
event,
the
statement
said.
They
represented
Jamia
Millia
Islamia,
Jawahar
Lal
Nehru,
District
Institute
of
Education
and
Training
and
Maharishi
Valmiki
College
of
Education,
it
added.