19/06/2023 PAKISTAN MONDAY

STUDIES
ASSIGNMENT
SPRING 2023 UMER FAROOQ INSTRUCTOR:__
TOPIC: ROLE OF STUDENT FEDERATIONS IN EDUCATIONAL
INSTITUTES
Student’s Union:
A students' union, also known by many other names, is
a student organization present in many colleges, universities, and high
schools. In higher education, the students' union is often accorded its
own building on the campus, dedicated to social, organizational activities,
representation, and academic support of the membership.
Depending on the country, the purpose, assembly, method, and
implementation of the group might vary. Universally, the purpose of
students' union or student government is to represent fellow students in
some fashion.
In some cases, students' unions are run by students, independent of the
educational facility. The purpose of these organizations is to represent
students both within the institution and externally, including on local and
national issues. Students' unions are also responsible for providing a
variety of services to students. Depending on the organization's makeup,
students can get involved in the union by becoming active in a
committee, by attending councils and general meetings, volunteering
within a group, service or club run by the union, or by becoming an
elected officer.
Student Federations in Pakistan:
Student federations have been growing in popularity and significance in
Pakistan over the past few years.This has been attributed to the
increasing social disparity between the younger and older generation of
the country. 66% of population of Pakistan is currently under the age of
30, and approximately only 5% of the population is over the age of
65. Researchers have noted the significance of political youth
organizations in social environments such as these, and have project
that the youth organizations in Pakistan will help define the future of the
nation over the next few years. Reporters have noted that Pakistan's
political climate is in a current state of divisive unrest. Political actions
taken within the country have simultaneously sparked public celebrations
and large-scale riots. Because of the demographics of the country, the
population under age 30 has been very involved in these public actions,
and the youth and student organizations have been prominent.
Background of Student Federations in Pakistan:
The first student political group in Pakistan was the Muslim Students
Federation. Started in 1947, as a student wing of the Muslim League,
the Muslim Students Federation held prominence in Pakistan until the
Muslim League splinted shortly after coming to power. The 1950s saw
the rise of two kinds of political student parties; Left
leaning Marxist parties like the Democratic Students Federation, and
religious right wing parties like Anjuman Talba-e-islam and Islami
Jamiat-e-Talaba. The leftist groups were not treated kindly by the ruling
powers at the time, and in 1953 during a protest led by the Democratic
Student Federation, the police shot into the crowd killing six
students. The next year the same group was banned from the country
for its possible ties to the Communist party of Pakistan, followed shortly
thereafter by a ban of its successor group the All Pakistan Students
Organization. These groups were succeeded by yet another leftist group,
the National Students Federation, which continues on to this day.
The student unions in the 1960s were characterized primarily as a
struggle for power between the Maoist-Soviet leaning left and the
religious right, with the leftist National Students Federation and the
National Students Organization coming out on top. The 1970s brought
with it a rise in student political action as the 1974 Student Union
Ordinance was passed. This Ordinance actually encouraged student
activity on campus, and several prominent new student organizations
came into existence and grew during this time. Meanwhile, the struggle
between the Marxist and religious student associations grew, with both
sides creating their own respective alliances, though both groups
suffered from political infighting and splintering.
Through the late 1970s and into the 1980s the student groups began to
clash violently with each other and the government.
Current Issues of Student Organizations:
There are currently three major issues driving the political activist groups
in Pakistan. These issues are a lack of educational opportunities, jobs,
and ideological differences.
Education
The public education system has three major problems facing it right
now. First, there is a shortage of teachers and schools within the
country. Approximately 33% of the children in Pakistan are not attending
school, and even the ones who are may not have an actual teacher in
the classroom. Second, the public education system is outdated by over
30 years. The textbooks used in the majority of public schools were
written in the 1980s and they tend to lead students to be more
susceptible to adaptation to radical forms of Islam. Third is the stark
difference between the private and public education systems. The top
ten percent of the country send their children to private schools that
speak English, instead of Urdu, and most children coming out of the
private education system tend to be dismissive of their Urdu-speaking
counterparts. This is creating a strong communication and familial rift
between the educated population of Pakistan.
Jobs
The job market in Pakistan is not promising for students coming out of
the education system. The unemployment rate in 2008 was estimated at
24.67%. This was attributed to a large part of the student population
getting educated for technical jobs that are not in high demand in the
country. Approximately 85% of Pakistanis only make $4 per day, which
is not an appealing prospect to college graduates in Pakistan. This
disparity of expectations is mobilizing factor behind a significant number
of student federations.
Ideological differences
The student federations of Pakistan have been known to engage in
fights over political, religious, ethnic, nationalist,
and sectarian differences. Several students die each year in the physical
confrontations that frequently break out between groups during protests.
 List of Student Federations in Pakistan:
 Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba Pakistan (IJT)
 Muslim Students Organization Pakistan (MSO)
 Jamiat Talba-e-islam Pakistan (JTI)
 Anjuman Talba-e-islam.
 Pakistan Islamic Students Federation.
 Imamia Students Organization.
 Mustafavi Students Movement.
 Muslim Student Federation.
 Pukhtoon Student Federation
 Liberal Student Federation

Islamic Jamiat e Talaba

IJT is the largest student organization in Pakistan It was founded by 25
students on 23 December 1947 at Lahore, Pakistan. Islami Jamiat-e-
Talaba is working in Pakistan to eliminate the non-Islamic elements and
secularism from the curriculum and teachings of the educational
institutions of Pakistan. It is a member of the International Islamic
Federation of Student Organizations and the World Assembly of Muslim
Youth.
IJT was influenced mainly by the works of the late Syed Abul-Ala
Maududi and Maulana Naeem Siddiqui.[10] It is an Islamic organization
whose stated mission is to preach Islam to students of modern
institutions throughout Pakistan. From the 1970s until about the early
1990s it was also the main ideological engine powering the concept
of political Islam on the country's university and college campuses. It
attempts to promote its vision of Islamic values and glorify the image of
Islam through various means.[11] Its main fields are the modern
educational institutions, i.e. colleges and universities across Pakistan,
though many local sub-divisions are active at the school level, like
Bazm-e-Sathi, Bazm-e-Paigham, Bazm-e-Roshni, Bazm-e-Shaheen.

History
Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba was founded on 23 December 1947 in Lahore,
and is one of the oldest student organizations in Pakistan. The
headquarters of IJT is in the city of Lahore. The women's wing of the
party, with the same ideology but with a separate structure and
organisation, is known as Islami Jamiat-e-Talibaat.
It has a counterpart of the same ideology but with a complete, separate
and independent structure and organisation, known as Jamiat Talaba
Arabia Pakistan. (JT Arabia works in religious institutions of
Pakistan.) After the independance of Bangladesh 1971, the Islami
Jamiat-e-Talaba or Islami Chattro Shongho in what was East Pakistan
was succeeded by the Islami Chhatra Shibir.[16]
Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba is continuously struggling by keeping their voice
up for the revival of students unions after the ban.[17]
Motto:
Islami Jamiat Talaba's purpose or motto is "To seek the pleasure of
Allah Almighty by ordering human life in accordance with the principles
laid down by Allah and His Messenger Muhammad (peace be upon
him)”.

1. Dawah (Call to Allah) - Conveying the message of Islam to the

students and inspiring them to acquire knowledge and to arouse in
them the sense of responsibility to practice Islam in full.
2. Organization - To organize the students who are ready to partake
in the struggle for establishing the Islamic way of life within the fold
of this organization.
3. Training - To take appropriate steps to impart Islamic
knowledge among the students integrated under
the organization to make them men of character, capable of
braving the challenges of Jahilyah and, thus, to prove the
superiority of Islam.
4. Islamic Education Movement and Student-oriented Problems - To
struggle for changing the existing system of education on the
basis of Islamic values to build up ideal citizens and
enhance leadership to solve real problems of the students.
5. Establishing Islamic Social Order - To strive tooth-and-nail to
establish Islamic social order for freeing humanity from all forms of
economic exploitation, political oppression and cultural servitude.

Controversies
Members of IJT have been accused of carrying out racially/ethnically
motivated assaults and violence by some rival organizations. The IJT,
however, has denied any such links.
REFERENCES:
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islami_Jamiat-e-
Talaba
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
List_of_student_federations_in_Pakistan
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Students
%27_union
 https://jamiat.org.pk
 https://jamiat.org.pk/news/?
func=page_cms&cms_id=75