سیٹھ جمال محمد
دوسرا قومی حادثہ مدراس کے مشہور اور مخیر سیٹھ جمال محمد کی وفات ہے مسلمانوں میں صاحبِ ثروت تاجروں کی کمی نہیں لیکن مرحوم کے اوصاف و خصوصیات کی مثال مشکل سے ملے گی، دولتِ دنیا کے ساتھ اﷲ تعالیٰ نے ان کو دینداری کی دولت بھی عطا فرمائی تھی، اور ان کا دل ملک و ملت کی محبت سے بھی معمور تھا، انہوں نے بڑی دولت پیدا کی اور اسی فیاضی سے اس کو قوم و ملک کی راہ میں صرف کیا، ہندوستان میں مسلمانوں کی کوئی ایسی تحریک نہیں تھی جس میں ان کی امداد شامل نہ رہی ہو، مذہبی اور تعلیمی کاموں سے خصوصیت کے ساتھ بڑی دلچسپی تھی، ندوۃ العلماء لکھنو، دارالعلوم دیوبند، مدرستہ العلوم علی گڑھ، مسلم یونیورسٹی آل انڈیا مسلم ایجوکیشنل کانفرنس، جامعہ ملیہ اور اس قسم کے تمام دوسرے اداروں کے وہ معاون و مددگار تھے، شہر مدراس اور اس کے مضافات میں کئی عربی مدرسے اپنے صرف سے چلاتے تھے، مدراس میں انگریزی خواں مسلمان طالب علموں کے لیے ایک ہوسٹل بنوایا جس میں ان کی مذہبی تعلیم و تربیت کا بھی انتظام تھا، سیکڑوں غریب طالب علموں کو وظائف دیتے تھے، حضرۃ الاستاد مدظلہ کے خطبات مدراس، محمد مارماڈیوک پکتھال اور سراقبال مرحوم کے انگریزی خطبات بھی مرحوم ہی کے جذبہ دینی کی یادگار ہیں۔
مرحوم کو سیاسی کاموں سے بھی دلچسپی تھی، تحریک خلافت میں ان کا بڑاحصہ تھا، اس میں انہوں نے ایک لاکھ کا عطیہ دیا تھا، ایک زمانہ تک کانگریس کے بھی سرگرم رکن رہے ،لیکن پھر سیاست سے الگ ہوگئے تھے، اپنی زندگی میں انہوں نے لاکھوں روپیے دین و ملت کی راہ میں خرچ کئے، مدراس میں ان کا دولت کدہ اہل حاجت کا ملجا و مادیٰ تھا، لیکن اس دولت و ثروت کے ساتھ خود ان کی زندگی...
The study was conducted to examine some of the important questions raised by both the religious scholars and the proponents of the Enlightenment movement. The purpose of the study was to interpret enlightenment in Western and Islamic context and to examine the impact of western enlightenment on contemporary Pakistani society in the light of Islamic teachings. The study was quantitative in nature. Survey was conducted to probe into the perceptions of the Pakistani people regarding impact of western enlightenment on various aspects of contemporary Pakistani society. The sample of the study was 1000 people from four provincial headquarters of Pakistan including male and female from urban and rural areas of the provincial capitals. Two research instruments were developed by the researcher based on review of the related literature. First was a questionnaire named WEBI, Western Enlightenment Beliefs Inventory; second was a checklist named WEKAPC, Western Enlightenment Knowledge, Attitude and Practices Checklist. Results showed that most of the respondents were of the view that western enlightenment exerted significant influences on their thinking, lifestyles, and education, culture, media and social practices. Majority of the respondents thought that western enlightenment emphasized on tolerance, cultural harmony, equality, social justice and independent thinking. Gender-wise comparisons indicated that male respondents were more positive towards western enlightenment than the female respondents. It was recommended that Pakistani society needs to be made aware of the philosophy of western enlightenment and Islamic values which are characteristics of western enlightenment movement. There is need to initiate interfaith dialogue to understand socio-cultural dynamics of a Muslim society and a western society.
School-based decision making is an important area to be explored for greater involvement of the key stakeholders such as, head teacher, teachers, parents and students in the current decentralization policy movement, aiming to improve top-down bureaucratic system of educational management. In this regard local school governance has been proposed as a method to decentralize and de-bureaucratize schools and to promote shared decision-making within schools (Brown, 2004). The purpose of this study was to explore school-based decision-making processes and how these processes influence on curriculum enrichment, teacher professional development and pedagogy which lead to school improvement in the context of Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. The study focused on exploring perceptions and practices of head teacher, teachers, parents and students in one of the district of Gilgit-Baltistan Pakistan. Within qualitative case study approach the data was gathered through questionnaire, semi-structured interviews, focused group discussions, observations and document review to ensure the validity of the data. Thematic analysis approach was used to segregate the data. The study identified, structured, and processes in school through which decision-making was shared among stakeholders. It was found that the SBDM processes had greater influence on curriculum enrichment and teacher professional development and pedagogy which are the core features of school improvement. Finding showed that teachers have freedom to select content, teaching strategies, students' classroom assessment and classroom management which are the core features of enhanced leads to enhance students' performance. The study indicates that participatory decision- making, focusing on curriculum enrichment, teacher professional development and pedagogy has led school towards moving school. The culture of conducting action research, using library books, conducting in-school professional development sessions for teachers and organizing different co-curricular activities in order to build teachers' capacity and students' improved learning outcomes was witnessed in the school. The study recommends that greater autonomy to school leaders in decision-making makes the schools effective and efficient.