Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Tuesday announced that the Urdu Academy would coach IAS aspirants in Urdu subjects as well as provide study material available in English and Hindi translated to Urdu. He said that the move would be a step towards making Urdu a means to develop careers of the youth.
Mr. Sisodia made the announcement at a function organised by the Urdu Academy while interacting with toppers in Urdu from various universities across Delhi. The students informed the Minister that several students did not take up Urdu as there was lack of study material in their colleges and that there were not many career prospects for those who had taken up the language during higher studies.
“Urdu Academy should start providing coaching to interested students. 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 the standard language of teaching and study, Urdu will also be treated on par with them,” Mr. Sisodia said.
Meanwhile, at another event held at Delhi Secretariat, Mr. Sisodia interacted with 140 entrepreneurs to discuss Delhi’s Entrepreneurship Mindset Curriculum and how the government envisioned that it would meet the challenge of contributing to India’s economy and transforming it into a job creator economy.
