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of Bara Banki. It was, therefore, argued that increase or decrease in the number of students was dependent on the availability of facilities at the primary school stage for teaching through the Urdu medium. district
A large number of witnesses suggested that in districts, tehsils, municipal towns and wards where the Urdu speaking population was ten per cent or more, Urdu medium primary schools should be opened some put the percentage of eligibility at five. 4.117
Urdu Maktabs : Where arrangements for teaching Urdu at the primary level usually existed, were being given a grant of Rs. 20 per month only. This was considered entirely inadequate. The Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities has brought this to the 4.118
of the State Government. 4.119 The State Government have, however, initiated a new scheme whereby teaching notice
the Urdu medium would be provided at least in one school in each locality through
of the number of students opting for this language as indicated in the advance registers. Such arrangements were to made in the cities of Kanpur, Agra, Varanasi, Allahabad, Lucknow, Bareilly and Meerut. However, according to the irrespective
issued on the subject, the academic session from which the new arrangements were to come into force had not been indicated. This has been brought to the notice of the State Government by the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities. instructions
West Bengal : Urdu speaking population of the State, numbering 9,50,363 according to the 197 census, constituted 2.1 per cent of the total population. In the year 1971-72, there were 408 primary 4.120
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44 schools including 46 Government run schools, imparting education through the medium of Urdu to 31,873 students. The number of Urdu teachers was 809.
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