“The Students Islamic Organisation of India (SIO) believes that our campuses should be the ‘mirror image’ of an ideal and peaceful society”, said Mohammad Azharuddin, President of SIO. He was addressing the media persons at the Press Club in New Delhi.
He further said, “SIO appeals to all student organizations to stand together for a common struggle against social evils. Students should adopt the ‘power of love’ and not the ‘love for power’, thereby promoting co-operation and not clash. It should be the endeavor of the students to focus on ‘wisdom’ rather than just degrees in academics”.
Opposing the rapid commercialization of education, Azharuddin said, “To make the citizens of the country aware and alert of neo imperialist designs, SIO will explain impacts of neo imperialism on our education policies, institutions and educational politics. Moreover, SIO will raise issue of social justice and access to quality education for all as a basic right and put off commercialization of education”.
Lamenting on the non-performance of the government, he exclaimed, “SIO shares government’s responsibility to promote education and make the citizens aware of its benefits. SIO will continue to adopt programs to create general awareness towards education. Several governmental and nongovernmental reports have also suggested that minorities and oppressed sections like Dalits are lagging behind in education. SIO will pay special attention on these sections and will ask government and its agencies to allocate and spend required resources on them”.
Depressed with the status of the politicized face of campus, he expressed, “SIO does see deteriorating democratic practices in our educational institutions with grave concerns. SIO demands the revival of students’ union in every college and university and asks administration, government and private educational institutions to abstain from anti students policies. SIO will not only demand for Student Union, it will also mobilize student community to make our campuses full of creativity, socially sensitive and responsible. A campus where educational excellence and healthy competition; debates on burning issues goes side by side can be called as Creative Campus for which SIO will invest its best efforts”.
Speaking of the social responsibility, the President of SIO pointed out that, “SIO is of the view that student community is not an isolated part of Indian society. Students cannot stay immune of negative impacts of injustices being done against any community be they Hindu, Muslim, Dalits or any other group. This is also part of our sensitivity that student community feels the pain of common Indians, share their problems and be aware of their hopes and dreams. SIO appeal student community to be alert of injustices against people and raise their concerns to ensure justice and dignity for them”.
National Secretaries – Shaikh Shoaib and Sharique Ansar and the Manager of White Dot Publishers shared the dais.
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