مفهوم الشباب في الكتاب والسنة نظرات في الواقع واستشراف للمستقبل

Youth play an important and key role in the development of a nation. They bring change and progress in society. Youth are not only the leaders of tomorrow but also the partners of today. Revolutionary thoughts only come in youth. Youth of any nation play a pivotal role in all the activities in all the fields of life. All the progress in the field of economics, engineering, medical, arts, politics are the fruits of the passions, dreams and hope of youth. So keeping in view the importance of youth in this article, definition and true meaning of youth have be explained. What period is called a youth period? It is also been discussed in the light of the opinion of different thinkers and scholars. What should be the targets to train the youth. How can a young person be molded and trained into a pious, noble and honest person. This article answers all the questions. It is also suggested that Prophetic method to train the youth in order to fully utilize their capabilities, potentialities and abilities should be adopted. To give them respect, to educate and train them, to make them involve in constructive activities, to engage them in Halal earning and to develop confidence in them are the major action that should be taken to meet the challenges of the future and live a successful life in present. Today’s youth should dedicate their lives for Islam by contributing their time, energies and money, youth as the phase of life when an individual can grasp knowledge of Islam and follow it by utilizing his time and talent in the service of humanity by following prophet Muhammad as a role model. All these points are discussed in detail in this article

Community Engagement in One of the Private Schools in Upper Chitral, Khyberpakhtunkhawa, Pakistan

This study investigates the process of community engagement in the school development. The study has been conducted in one of the private school in the rural area of Chitral, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The purpose was to explore the views, motivating factors, strategies, contributions and challenges of community engagement in the school development (CESD). Two community members, three members of school management committee (SMC), Head teacher and two class teachers and two group of students’ in which five female students in each group were the research participants. With qualitative lens the data were collected by interviewing, document analysis, and observation followed by focus group discussions with the students of class ninth and tenth. The data were analyzed though framework analysis to explore the similarities and differences of the views, level of contribution and strategies of the participants about the CESD. The findings of the study indicate that the intrinsic and extrinsic motivation are the reasons of community engagement in the school academic, financial activities, infrastructure, policy implementation, and inside school decision making. The findings also indicates that community is contributing in school development as a donor, motivator, SMC, VEC, as a parent, impartial invigilator and guest speakers. This study also, discusses the gaps and challenges in the CESD activities in the Shaheen School. The study concludes that motivation and inspirations are rooted in religious affiliation of the community with school, welcoming environment due to quality teachers and contribution on self-help basis. The level of contribution and engagement of the community have also been discussed with reference the literature. The challenges of CESD in Shaheen School are rooted in economic conditions of the people, misunderstanding of socio-cultural and religious aspects of school development activities. Finally, the study presents the recommendations to the school administration to arrange the systematic awareness programs to effectively engage the community in decision making, policy formulation, co-curricular activities, financial co-operation and other school development activities.