TS Govt will ensure upliftment of minorities: Dy CM
Hyderabad, Sept 24 (INN): Deputy Chief Minister Mohammed Mahmood Ali on Thursday said that Telangana Government wanted to give equal opportunities to the educated youth belonging to minority communities and wanted them to go for higher studies.
Speaking after inaugurating the Study Circle for Minority Students at Jamia Nizamia Complex at Abids here he said that students who are competent enough for taking up the competitive examination would be selected for the free coaching at Study Circle. He said, 'The study circle would provide quality training for the selected students who wanted to opt for competitive examinations. Eligible candidates would be trained on par with other reputed study circles to empower the community educationally.'
The Deputy CM said that the State Government has supported the students opting for higher education in foreign universities and 210 such students were given a financial assistance.
Minorities Welfare Department Secretary Syed Omer Jaleel said that the establishment of Study Circle by the state government was a milestone and it would open the gates of opportunities for competent students.
Study circle director J L B Haripriya said that it would work like other study circles already in function under Backward Classes Welfare department in the state. She said that state government has stipulated certain guidelines for the study center. She said that the selection process would be similar to that of BC Welfare study circles and notification to that effect would be released by the first week of the next month. 'We are working towards developing our website and hiring the required staff at the study center. Several works are underway simultaneously. As soon as we make ourselves ready, we will issue a notification,' she said.
Though we are not going to conduct online screening test for the applying candidates however this method would be adopted at a later stage once the needed infrastructure is ready, she observed.
The center would hire the expert faculty from reputed institutions and there would be free coaching for Groups examinations that are held by Telangana State Public Service Commission (TSPSC). The study circle has three lecture halls each one of which can accommodate 50 students and one library.
