ملا طاہر سیف الدین
گذشتہ دو مہینوں میں مسلمانوں کے دو بڑے قومی حادثے ہوئے، ۵؍ نومبر کو داؤدی بوہرون کے امام ملا طاہر سیف الدین نے انتقال کیا، ان کی ذات جامع صفات تھی، بڑے ذی علم، دیندار، فیاض و مخیر اور وسیع القلب تھے، دینی علوم پر ان کی نگاہ بہت وسیع تھی، اس لحاظ سے وہ ہندوستان کے ممتاز علماء میں تھے، صاحبِ قلم بھی تھے، عربی میں ان کی کئی تصانیف ہیں، انھوں نے اپنے دور میں نہ صرف اپنے فرقہ کی بڑی تعلیمی و اقتصادی خدمت کی بلکہ دوسرے اسلامی فرقوں کے ساتھ بھی ان کا سلوک روادرانہ و فیاضانہ تھا، اور ان کو ایک دوسرے کے قریب لانے کی کوشش کی، مسلم یونیورسٹی کے تو چانسلر ہی تھے، اس کو وقتاً فوقتاً بڑی بڑی رقمیں دیتے رہتے تھے، دارالمصنفین کی جوبلی کے موقع پر اس کو بارہ ہزار کا عطیہ دیا، اس لیے ہر فرقہ کے مسلمانوں میں عزت و وقعت کی نظر سے دیکھے جاتے تھے، اﷲ تعالیٰ ان کے حسنات کے طفیل میں ان کی مغفرت فرمائے، دارالمصنفین اس حادثہ میں ان کے لائق جانشین ملا برہان الدین کا شریک غم ہے اور دعا ہے کہ خدا ان کو ان کے باعظمت والد کے نقش قدم پر چلنے کی توفیق عطا فرمائے۔ (شاہ معین الدین ندوی، دسمبر ۱۹۶۵ء)
Mothers-in-law play an integral role in promoting maternal and child health practices in rural Pakistan. This study discusses the design, implementation, and evaluation of a 25- episode radio drama featuring the mother-in-law as the primary influencer for maternal and child health practices. The radio drama was designed after an extensive pre-drama audience research comprising of 10 focus groups, and 14 in-depth interviews in Bagh and Mansehra. Post-drama evaluation comprised two focus groups in the target areas. The endline evaluation found that viewership of the drama improved communication between people of all age groups and social roles without offending their dignity, intelligence, and sense of tradition. Additionally, the findings showed that the audience demonstrated improvement in knowledge about danger signs for mother and child, as well as positive attitudes to seeking timely service from a trained healthcare provider. The study makes a contribution to existing health communication campaigns by introducing a culture-centric approach, through radio dramas, to influence mothers-inlaw and consequently impact maternal and child health practices.
The sustainability and institutionalization of change initiatives for school improvement dependent on a number of inter-related factors and many of which are cultivated through leadership. The focus of this study was to understand how school leadership sustains and institutionalizes change initiatives for school improvement. The study design was qualitative in nature. Two schools from each public and private educational system were selected, to understand the continuation of the innovations from two diverse outlooks and contexts. The focused, sustained change initiatives in this study were the initiation of the English medium section and school-based teacher professional development in the case study schools, respectively. The headteacher, professional development teacher, and two senior subject teachers from each school were the direct source of data collection for this study. Data were generated through multiple methods such as interview, observation, and document analysis. The findings of the study reported that despite working in a limited framework and resources, school leadership play crucial role as robust contributor in fostering educational changes and school improvement. It was also found that the close association and ongoing interaction of both the school leadership with the stakeholders stimulated and created a culture of collegial relationship in the schools. The involvement of stakeholders in decision-making, shared leadership, and provision of ongoing professional development opportunities created a sense of ownership, commitment, and determination among the staff members. As a result, they put their efforts collaboratively for the sustainability of the change initiatives and school improvement.