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and this can be done in the case of Urdu as well. But, where Urdu knowing persons fail to gain admittance to training colleges, the problem assumes another dimension. We would recommend to the State to ensure that the prospective pupil- languages
from the linguistic minority are assured of admission to the training institutions. 4.277 Some witnesses complained that while provision had been made in the Five Year Plan for recruitment of Urdu teachers, no teachers had been appointed, The Minority teachers
Institutions Association, Uttar Pradesh, and many witnesses suggested that Educational
view of the non- availability of trained Urdu teachers, untrained teachers might be employed to tide over the crisis for the time being. Later on, they may be given special leave for obtaining training or may be asked to get themselves trained through in
courses. Teachers having long experience may be exempted from training on the analogy of similar action in the case of Hindi teachers. 4.278 Simultaneously, it was suggested that the existing staff in the primary schools correspondence
be encouraged to learn Urdu by offer of incentives in the form of an allowance, should
advance increments. The suggestion was made to facilitate appointment of teachers for the teaching of Urdu without waiting for training. Meanwhile, it was demanded that the Government should open at least two institutions for the training of Urdu teachers or
reserve some seats for Urdu teachers in the existing training institutions. It was also proposed 62 and
arrangements for correspondence courses in training should be introduced in some that
the State Universities. A witness suggested that the training of Urdu teachers might be entrusted to private organisations if i t was not possible for the State Government to set up new training institutions. In that case, the degrees awarded by such institutions of
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should be recognised by the Government. In our view, it would be wrong to encourage institutions, other than universities or institutions of national importance, to start awarding degrees till such institutions fully satisfy the authorities on grounds of their experience and capacity to undertake the work efficiently. Any attempt at lowering standards should be discouraged.
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