SIO Mumbai joins Protest to save Ismail Yusuf College against government encroachment

SIO Mumbai wid various other social organisations of Mumbai under the common banner of  'Ismail Yusuf Campus Bachao Sangarsh Samiti' staged a massive protest right outside the Ismail Yusuf Colg gate. The entire protest saw a peaceful gathering that was enthusiastic n supported d various speakers with strong slogan shouting. Many horrific facts came out during the speeches of activist like Mr.Sudhir Kulkarni and Jb. Amir Idrisi.These were followed by a dynamic speech by SIO Mumbai President Br.Salman highlighting "Its is not about minority issue or majority issue but it is about what is right"

The varied points that were put forward were ...

-The govt. setup a Law colg office with its VC sitting inside the campus defying the courts order of status quo.

-There is Mumbai Police branch inside the campus.

-A school existing inside the campus has demarcated its land from the campus with its own entrance.

These facts come after the mismanagement by the govt. alrdy caused loss of 66acres of land to encroachments.

It was decided that a legal step would be taken against these things.

The protest has paved way to further protest towards mass awarenesses throughout Maharashtra and leading to the final protest at Azad maidan on the 25th of March.

No fees from students belonging to farmers families SIO wrote to President, Vice president of India, CM of Maharashtra and others

An unusual spell of hailstorm across 28 districts in Maharashtra has damaged 11 lakh hectares of rabi crop estimated at Rs 5,000 crore, according to latest estimates by the state agricultural department. Students Islamic Organisation of India (SIO), South Maharashtra urged the government to take action to offer compensation and relief to the affected. In this regard SIO strongly demands the government and Universities not to take any fees from students belonging to farmers families this year.

The extended hailstorm has adversely affected most parts of Marathwada, Western Maharashtra, North Maharashtra and Vidarbha. As per Government officials Baramati, Pune, Beed, Latur, Osmanabad, Nashik, Akola, Buldhana, Nagpur, Chandrapur, Amravati, Yavatmal, Washim, Jalgaon, Nanded, Nadurbar and Dhule are among the worst hit. Almost 28 of the total 35 districts in the state have taken a beating due to the unseasonal rain and hailstorm, Wheat and horticulture crops have been affected the most. The farmers cultivating grapes, oranges, mash melons and bananas have suffered maximum damages with almost their entire crop destroyed.

“Lacs of students belonging to affected farmers families are studying in Pune, BAMU, SRT, Marathwada Agriculture, Shivaji Kolhapur, Nagpur, Amravati and other Universities. We strongly demands the government and university officials to consider the sever situation faced by students and their families and not to take any fees from students belonging to farmers families as a part of compensation and relief work.”Said Siddique Khan (State Secretary SIO South Maharashtra). In this regard SIO has Submitted memorandum to President of India Mr. pranab mukherjee, PM of India Manmohan Singh, Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan, Deputy CM Ajit Pawar and Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, Collectors and Vice Chancellors of various districts and Universities. 

SIO Welcomes Maharashtra State government move to aid hailstorm affected farmers

SIO South Maharashtra welcomes the State government’s initiative for the relief packaged announced to the hailstorm affected farmers of Maharashtra and it suggest releasing the said amounts as soon as possible on priority basis. While releasing the amount state official should maintain transparency and as well as it must reach to the needy hand without creating any self made hurdles.

We also appreciate the move taken by Election commission of India that it considered the matter on humanitarian ground and allowed the state government to announce the relief package in spite election code of conduct. We also suggest the Election commission that it should keep watch on method and functionary adopted by the state official while aiding the needy affected areas so that no could take the political advantage of it before the Loksabha Election.

TCS involvement in Higher Education Curriculum will increase commercialization of education: SIO South Maharashtra

Aurangabad: Software major Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) said in Monday it would come out with a model of curriculum to impart a change in higher education syllabus to help educational institutions bring out quality students in line with the expectations of industry.

The step announced by TCS clearly showed that it will increase the commercialization of education. As TCS already said that it will designed it for the expectations of industries so the orientation of the education and students will be towards the industries’ requirements and not for the service and society.

Students Islamic organization of India (SIO) South Maharashtra strongly Believes that involvement of multinational companies like TCS, Reliance etc. will completely change the face of education and the actual & real responsibility of education. SIO believes that education is not only for money, it is for imparting morals and values in the human being to make him a good citizen of the society who always cares and prefers  the needs of society, who doesn’t  become selfish. But the involvement of TCS like companies in setting up the educational agenda will demolish the basic performance of education.

SIO demands that government must make sure that in setting up the educational agenda at any level will only involve academicians and social activists who will make educational preferences not for commercialization but for the betterment of the society.

Due to the involvement of MNCs firstly only those courses will survive in the market which will fulfill the needs of only companies and the other cources which helps society for betterment in terms of values, etc will be vanished.

Secondly this commercialization will make education much and more costly, making it away from the hands of common man and poor people. Recently the UNESCO report on Indian education gives the information that only 40% of poor children reaches to 5^th std. in schools. So will decrease the overall level of education in the country.

Therefore Government must stop the commercialization of education.

Education strategy cell

SIO South Maharashtra.