While the existing state-run universities are struggling to sustain due to lack of infrastructure, the state government is mulling setting up an Urdu University at Kalaburagi.
The issue came up for discussion in the recent governing council meeting of Karnataka State Council for Higher Education (KSCHE). At the meeting, data collected from various state universities about the number of admissions for Urdu postgraduate course in last three years was placed.
“Data provided by various varsities shows that there is no demand for Urdu courses both at undergraduate and post graduate levels. However, the government is still considering setting up a university,” an official source from the Higher Education Department said.
According to the documents available with The New Indian Express, the state Higher Education Department prepared a proposal in this regard considering a representation submitted by Hyderabad Karnataka Muslim Jagruti Samithi to former chief minister Siddaramaiah who had forwarded it to the department for necessary action.