New Delhi: A large number of students protested here yesterday against the exclusion of foreign languages as optional subjects from UPSC and the new Civil Services Aptitude Test and (CSAT) pattern introduced in the UPSC exam.
They held a protest march from Mandi House to Parliament Street.
The march was called by Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union and was joined by students from other colleges as well as a large number of other UPSC apirants.
The students demanded restoration of “Foreign” languages taught in Indian universities in the list of subjects of UPSC Civil Services Exam and granting of three additional attempts and age relaxation to the candidates who are caught in the transition of syllabus change of 2011 and 2013 among others.
