سرسید علی امام
افسوس ہے کہ گذشتہ ماہ اکتوبر کے خاتمہ پر نئی تعلیم کے ایک بہترین نمونہ کا خاتمہ ہوگیا، سر سید علی امام صوبہ بہار کے مشہور خاندان کے سپوت نے اس عالمِ فانی کو الوداع کہا، مرحوم نے ارادہ کیا تھا کہ وہ امسال سفرِ حج اختیار کریں گے، مگر افسوس کہ اس سفر سے پہلے ان کو سفر آخرت پیش آگیا، مرحوم ایک کامیاب بیرسٹر کے علاوہ ہماری زبان کے مشہور مقرر اور اپنے زمانہ عمل میں اسلامی سیاسیات کی بساط کے نامور مہرہ تھے، وہ یکسر نئی تعلیم، تمدن، اور نئے خیالات کے باوجود اپنے مشرقی علوم و تمدن سے اپنے خاندانی اثر سے بہت کچھ واقف تھے، غالباً ۱۹۰۸ء میں مسلم لیگ منعقدہ امرتسر کی ایک ہی کامیاب صدراتی تقریر تھی، جس نے ان کو مسلمانوں کا سیاسی رہنما بنادیا ہنگامہ کانپور کے وقت میں وہ وائسرائے کی مجلس وزارت کے رکن رکین تھے، اس ہنگامہ کے فرو کرنے اور مسلم یونیورسٹی کی قانونی ترتیب میں غالباً ان کا بڑا حصہ تھا، خدا مغفرت فرمائے۔ ۱ (سید سلیمان ندوی، نومبر ۱۹۳۲ء)
۱ ان کی وفات کے کچھ دن بعد صوبہ بہار اڑیسہ کے سرکاری عربی مدارس کی ترتیب نصاب کے سلسلہ میں رانچی کے سفر کا اتفاق ہوا، شہر سے باہر علی امام کا وہ ناتمام قصر واقع ہے جس کے سربفلک ستونوں، مناروں اور سقف کی زبانِ حال، انسانی آرزوؤں کی ناتمامی کی داستان سنارہی ہے، اس عظیم الشان قصر کا دامن قسم قسم کے نادر درختوں سے بھرا ہے اور ہائے افسوس کہ اس عظیم الشان قصروباغ کے ایک دور افتادہ گوشہ میں اس کے ایک چھپّر کے نیچے اس کا اولوالعزم بانی دوگز مٹی کے فرش پر تنہا پڑا سورہا ہے، زبان نے اس فرش خاک پر سونے والے کے لئے دعائے مغفرت مانگی اور...
The article explores views of Maulᾱna Waḥῑduddῑn Khᾱn on relation between Islam and secularism as there is no specification of his thoughts on the above issue as critics and other scholars tend to show confusion when they approach Khᾱn’s thoughts from that specific angle. Maulᾱna Waḥῑduddῑn Khᾱn is an Indian religious scholar and peace activist who is alive and known for his modern, cosmopolitan and peaceful thoughts. In this article the scattered and disjointed views of Khᾱn on relation between Islam and secularism have been portrayed as to give context to his original views and show his actual stance which might remove the confusion prevalent amongst intellectuals and scholars as to spot Khᾱn’s basic stance on the above issue. The definition and different experiences of secularism has been shortly described along with projection of diversity of stance from other Muslim scholars as to broaden the very background of the issue. Later the views of Khᾱn and his approach to the issue have been presented. The article will throw light that how Khᾱn perceives the issue of relation between Islam and secularism and what is the point of convergence and divergence between Islam and secularism. This article will also highlight that whether he deals the topic on the basis of creed or philosophy or pragmatism and that whether he takes secularism as beneficial or damaging to the interest of Muslims and Islam. The article also shed light on the scheme of Khᾱn that how Muslim should deal with the phenomenon of secularism.
This case study was aimed at analyzing the current status of foreign language teachers’ professional
development (FLTPD) at NUML, with focus on key areas of training & qualification, key teaching competencies,
enabling competencies, and professionalism and measures taken by concerned authorities for their
professional development (PD) in these areas. “European Profiling Grid” for language teachers’ PD was used
as conceptual framework.
This multiple instrumental case study was delimited to foreign language (FL) teachers working in 15 FL
departments of NUML and each department was considered as a case. It was a mixed method descriptive
research; both qualitative and quantitative approaches were used to collect and analyze data. Triangulation
design was used; multiple perspectives were considered, involving FL teachers, their heads and university
administration. Questionnaire, semi-structured interview and document analysis were used for data
collection, which were designed keeping in view the conceptual framework. Data was collected during spring
2015, was analyzed for each of the 15 cases separately and later merged together for interpretation.
This study analyzed the current situation of different factors that affect PD including working conditions,
developmental stages of teachers and their organization. Findings of this study revealed that although
opportunities are being provided but most of them are not specifically designed for FL teachers. More focused
PD is needed to improve these areas, especially education & training, assessed teaching, methodology:
knowledge & skills, and digital media need further development. Other problems faced by FL teachers include
limited opportunities of higher education in Pakistan, lack of personal resources and organizational support
for going to TL countries, unclear administrative policies, inadequate facilities for research, lack of time and
human resources, lack of leadership, absence of qualified FL teacher educators, lack of collegial sharing and
interaction, no access to latest material and technology, absence of motivation and incentives etc.
This study provided statistics and recommendations for the introduction and development of an adequate
and uniform process of PD according to the needs and levels of FL teachers and need of specific FLTPD through
professional FL teacher educators was emphasized in the recommendations.