مولوی مجید حسن
افسوس ہے کہ گزشتہ مہینے مدینہ اخبار کے بانی مولوی مجید حسن صاحب مرحوم نے وفات پائی، وہ اردو صحافت کے سب سے پرانے رکن تھے، موجودہ اردو اخبارات میں مدینہ سے پرانا اخبار کوئی نہیں، اب تو بہت سے روزنامے نکلتے ہیں، اس لیے سہ روزہ اخبار کی کوئی قدر نہیں رہ گئی، ایک زمانہ میں مدینہ دیہات دیہات میں پھیل ہوا تھا اور بہت سے ہونہار اہل قلم نے اس کی بدولت شہرت حاصل کی، مدینہ شروع سے قوم پرور رہا اور اس نے ملک و ملت دونوں کی یکساں خدمت انجام دی، مدینہ سے متعدد اہم مذہبی کتابیں شائع ہوئیں، اﷲ تعالیٰ اس کے بانی کی مغفرت فرمائے۔
(شاہ معین الدین ندوی، دسمبر ۱۹۶۶ء)
Although the Muslim theological schools have tried to relate their ideologies to the companions of the Prophet (Peace be upon him), the Asha’arah stressed upon this the most so as to ensure that their school of thought remains attached to the Sunni creed. Al- Ash’ari in his school and approach, always tried to keep the middle way between the Ḥanbali and M’utazili approaches, and tried to stay connected to the way of the Salaf or early generations. His moderation in approach lied in his accommodative attitude towards Sunnah as well as incorporating reason in his thought, whence he tried to avoid the two extremes followers by M’utazilah and Hanabilah, pure reason and pure tradition, in issues like God’s attributes, creation of Quran and others. The present paper tries to highlight the main features of Al- Ash’ari ’s moderate theological approach.
Why do students make errors is a question that has continued to baffle the teachers of mathematics for a long time. The study reported here was designed to explore the reasons for the lower Secondary School students making particular types of errors. Various possibilities of sources of errors such as insufficient explanations, over generalization of concepts and unorganized board work on teachers' part and faulty reasoning, carelessness and misinterpretation on the part of the students were taken into account. To arrive at a conclusion, students' errors were analyzed and some of the problems teachers encounter while teaching were discussed in detail. This study also investigated the impact of mentoring on the teachers' development specifically to improve the present situation. A substantial part of the dissertation explores my struggle with mentoring the teachers to enable them to understand the philosophy behind the alternative teaching approaches to reduce the errors. The fact that there is a need to guide teachers and administrators to help them organize teaching activities in an effective manner is clearly highlighted.