Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 1: Former Union Minister and PCC president Prof Saif-ud-Din Soz has demanded that arrangements be made for inclusion of Urdu language and provide question paper in Urdu to facilitate the Urdu knowing candidates appearing in National Eligibility -cum-Entrance Test (NEET-2013) being held on May 5.
In a letter written to the Union HRD Minister Palam Raju and Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, Prof Soz has sought their intervention into the matter so that over 5000 students who have pursued studies from Urdu medium schools in Maharashtra and other States could appear in the test without any problem. He said the entrance test is being conducted by Board of Secondary Education Delhi in two widely accepted languages English and Hindi, the Urdu knowing students will face problem to appear for MBBS/BDS courses in India.
He pointed out that after receiving petitions from North East and other States, MCI agreed to set question papers in Assamese, Tamil, Bengali, Telugu and Marathi. But Urdu was omitted due to curious reasons. He demanded that Urdu language should also be included and question papers be made available in this language so that justice could be done to the Urdu knowing candidates.
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