Urdu medium students cry foul

Candidates are deprived of study material in Urdu

Hyderabad: The students, who have studied in Urdu medium and are preparing for examinations of Group 1 and II, are finding it difficult to understand syllabus in the absence of study material in Urdu.

Though about 1,000 applications were received by the Study Circle, the eligibility criteria set for 60 percentage of marks in graduation has led to the number of aspirants coming down to 47 (Group I) and 57 (Group II). With language of instruction being English, several aspirants from Urdu medium are finding it difficult to cope with the current scenario.

Most of the students attending the 90-days course, which was started on February 7, hailed from districts. Lack of provision for food in the hostels, provided by the government in Chaderghat and Kothapet, added to their woes. The Study Circle is providing Rs 1,500 per month as stipend to compensate lack of mess provision promised earlier by the government.

“Rather than providing only accommodation at a far off place, they could have arranged it in Haj House as it top floor remains unutilised. “In this way, we could have focused more on preparations,” said one of the students, preparing for Group I.

For constable training, which began last week, the Study Circle received about 180 applications, and out of which only 60 students turned up. The training period is 45 days. The officials pointed out that the government had given good publicity for the programme, but response was not good. Since the government has taken up the task, the Study Circle will run on the experimental basis for the first time.

Later it would be upgraded to include more courses. The officials expressed helplessness as far as provision of material in Urdu. “For those interested in Telugu, we are trying to provide them. Right now we don’t have the material in Urdu, which may be provided in future,” said one of the in-charges of Study Circle.

It may be recalled that the Study Circle has come up with the objective of providing coaching to the youth for competitive examinations which include Telangana State Public Service Commission (Group-I,II,III and IV), Staff Selection Commission, Railway Recuritment Board, Bank Probationary Officers, UPSC Central Services Recruitment,

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