St Stephens college reserves six seats for students who will opt for Urdu in modern Indian languages course

Updated on: Thursday, May 30, 2013

St Stephen's college has reserved six seats "scattered over various courses" for students who will opt for Urdu in modern Indian languages course and also study it as discipline course II — or 'minor' — from the third semester.

"We reserved the seats to ensure that those who join through this quota stay faithful to the subject. It will also attract the best students who know Urdu," says principal Valson Thampu. He adds that among the subjects, Urdu, Persian, Sanskrit and philosophy have been held in high regard from the beginning.

Under the four-year undergraduate programme, students have to study 11 compulsory foundation courses, including modern Indian languages.

Urdu is taught in very few colleges at undergraduate-level. Seven colleges, including Zakir Husain (evening and morning), Kirori Mal and Satyawati, offer honours courses in Urdu. In some others, including St Stephen's, it was taught as part of the BA Programme course.

St Stephens college reserves six seats for students who will opt for Urdu in modern Indian languages course

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