By TwoCircles.net staff reporter
New Delhi : Zakat Foundation of India has decided to sponsor coaching for Muslim candidates appearing in civil services examination 2008 conducted by Union Public Service Commission (UPSC).
The Foundation will get Muslim candidates admitted in the various coaching centres running across the country and bear the coaching expenses for the entire period, founder president of the Foundation Dr Syed Zafar Mahmood told presspersons here Friday.
The Foundation has invited Muslim graduates to participate in a workshop being organised at Guest House of Jamia Millia Islamia on Sunday. The teachers of distinguished coaching centres in the country as well as government authorities will interact with the students and brief them on the preparation for and secrets of success in the civil services examination.
The Foundation will select the meritorious and deserving candidates out of those participating in the workshop. However it has not revealed the number of candidates to be thus selected.
Dr Mahmood, who was Officer on Special Duty on the Prime Minister's high level committee headed by Justice Rajinder Sachar which submitted its report on the socio-economic and educational condition of Indian Muslims, has called upon the leaders of the community to ensure proper help and guidance to the new generation in this regard.