By TCN News,
Aligarh: Vice Chancellor of the Aligarh Muslim University, Lt. Gen. Zameer Uddin Shah has explained that both Hindi and Urdu are taught at AMU to students of 1st Year BA, B.Sc. and B.Com. Those students who had studied Hindi as a subject in Class 12 have to opt for Urdu while those who had Urdu have to opt for Hindi.
Gen. Shah pointed out that despite being compulsory these subjects were not taken seriously by students since neither the attendance was regular and marks were not counted in the Division. In order to make the students take these subjects seriously the recent decision stipulated that both attendance and marks would be counted. The modalities of the same are being worked out.
The Vice Chancellor said that the decision was taken only to induce seriousness of purpose among students. Gen. Shah regretted that this decision to improve academic standards has been misconstrued. “The Aligarh Muslim University takes pride in fostering the pluralistic ethos of our multi lingual, secular, country”, he added.