حضرت مولانا سید سراج احمدرشیدی مرحوم
اس سلسلہ میں ہم کو اپنے استاذ حضرت مولانا سید سراج احمد رشیدی کابھی ماتم کرناہے۔ حضرت مولانا دیوبند کے قدیم اساتذہ میں سے تھے۔’القاسم‘ کے دور اوّل میں اس کی ادارت کے فرائض آپ سے متعلق تھے۔ صاحب علم وفضل ہونے کے ساتھ صاحب باطن تھے، حضرت مولانا گنگوہی سے نسبت حاصل تھی، بے حد ذاکر شاغل، وضع کے پابند، اخلاق ومروت کامجسمہ، بزرگانہ خصائل وشمائل کے پیکر، طلبہ کے مونس وغمخوار،دوستوں کے جاں نثار، دوست اورچھوٹوں کے مشفق وشفیق بزرگ تھے۔ دیوبند میں عرصہ دراز تک مشکوۃ شریف کاخصوصاً اور ادب وفقہ کی اعلیٰ کتابوں کاعموماً درس دیتے رہے۔۱۹۲۸ء میں حضرت الاستاذ علامہ سید محمد انورشاہ اپنی جماعت کے ساتھ دیوبند سے ڈابھیل منتقل ہوئے تو آپ بھی اس کارواں کے بزرگانِ کارواں میں سے ایک تھے، صدحیف کہ وہاں تقریباً دس سال تک علم حدیث کی خدمت جلیلہ میں منہمک رہنے کے بعد آپ نے داعیٔ اجل کولبیک کہا اور اس دنیائے دنیٰ کوہمیشہ کے لیے الوداع کہہ گئے۔ اناﷲ واناا لیہ راجعون۔
آپ کی صورت دیکھ کر بزرگانِ سلف کی یاد تازہ اورآپ کی باتیں سن کر قلب ودماغ کو خاص مسرت ہوتی تھی۔آپ عالم کامل تھے اورشاعر خوش نوا بھی۔ آپ علم حدیث وادب کے مدرس بھی تھے اورخوش بیان وبذلہ سنج بھی، سنجیدہ ظرافت آپ کی باتوں کاجوہر تھی۔ ایک عرصہ سے دمہ کے عارضہ میں مبتلا تھے لیکن اس کے باوجود تہجد اوروظائف کی پابندی کرتے تھے۔
خاتمہ بھی ایسا اچھا ہواکہ خدا ہرمسلمان کونصیب کرے، خاص بقرعید کے دن عصرو مغرب کے درمیان جب کہ دنیائے اسلام میں ہرجگہ قربانیاں ہوئی ہوں گی، آپ نے اپنی جان ناتواں کی قربانی رب السماء والارض کی بارگاہِ کبریائی میں بڑی ہنسی خوشی کے ساتھ پیش کی اوررفیق اعلیٰ کاکلمہ پڑھتے ہوئے بڑے اطمینان وسکون کے...
Bhim Sen Sacher informed Jenkins about the destruction caused by arson in Lahore. Akbari Mandi, Chune Mandi, Chauhatta Basti, Bhagat Singh Basti, Kucha Kagzian and Pipal Vehra had been burnt down. The fire brigade could not cope with those vast and dispersed areas. If someone tried to extinguish the fire he was shot at by the police. Bhim Sen Sachar suggested that the only way to save Lahore was to impose martial law in the city. He hoped that the Governor would take that step immediately.64 Jenkins thanked Lala Bhim Sen Sachar and Gokul for their letters informing him about Lahore. Jenkins explained that fire brigade had done a good job in spite of constraints and difficulties. He believed that all communities had access to incendiary materials, and could use it without detection by traversing joined roof-tops. Throwing fire-balls from one house to another was wreaking devastation. Checking trouble of that kind was not an easy job, but searches were carried out and culprits were arrested.6
Quality is an important aspect in education. There are many parameters such as drop-out rate, teacher-
student ratio, class-size, physical facilities, educational facilities, hostel facilities, information and
communication technology, parents and community participation in children education, monitoring
and assessment, homework assignment, students and teachers absence, actual size of classrooms,
participation in pre-primary/early childhood education, teacher’s qualification and professional
development, administrative and financial autonomy of Principals, coordination between staff and head
of schools, competency in English, mathematics and science and reading proficiency in Urdu and
English that reflect the quality of education. These were used as bases of comparison for quality
enhancement measures in public and private sectors’ institutions. Total sixty four (64) schools were
randomly selected, thirty two (32) schools from private sector and thirty two (32) schools from Govt
sector.
A questionnaire was developed and distributed among the principals of sample schools to collect
relevant information. Achievement tests were prepared in the subject of science, English and
mathematics to compare the academic achievements of Govt and private schools’ students. Hundred
(100) test item for science, hundred (100) for English and fifty (50) test items for mathematics were
taken. The tests thus taken were marked and other collected data was analyzed by using different
statistical tools, i.e. average (mean), percentage, standard deviation, t-test and correlation.
The findings of the study indicated that the performance of private boys and girls schools was better
than the performance of the Govt boys and girls School’s in all the three tests and English reading
competency while in Urdu reading both type of students were same. Principals of the boys and girls
private had more administrative and financial powers as compared to the principals of Govt girls and
boy’s schools. Parents of private school students participated actively in their children’s education as
compared to the parents of Govt school’s students. All kind of facilities were better in boy’s and girl’s
private schools as compared to Govt boys and Govt girl’s schools. Teachers’ academic and professional
qualifications were similar in both types of institutions. Results of the achievement tests were highly
correlated with the results of examination conducted by BISE.