STUDENTS FOR SOCIETY (SFS) SUCCESSFULLY ACCOMPLISHES ITS 1ST IJLAS

 
STUDENTS FOR SOCIETY (SFS) SUCCESSFULLY ACCOMPLISHES ITS 1^ST IJLAS on 19th Feb. 2013,
 Now-a- days we see a rising discontent among people as the ‘promises’ of rapid development  made by the neo liberal policies in ‘90s have never been realized and the dreams of millions shattered with the absolute ‘failure’. Almost every section of our society is suffering.  The peasants are committing suicides, the workers are forced to starve on meager wages, the women are living under drastic conditions, the dalits are still subjected to live life in undermined conditions and face discrimination even in ‘respectable’ jobs and educational institutes, the youth is wandering jobless and have been pushed to lead a life of despair killing a persons’ own creativity and the condition of the society is deteriorating day-by-day. And still the ruling class continues with its anti-people policies that favor a small privileged section of the society and exploit the broader masses of the society. Fed-up of such rule, the people have come forward and have shown their discontent through recent demonstrations. But the ruthless suppression of such democratic struggles by the state is a sign of shrinking democratic space. With the curtailment of fundamental rights it appears that we are on a way to an authoritarian rule. No doubt the educated youth of our country are willful and capable of changing the society but there is need to identify and address theroot cause of the problems and build an alternative.
SFS was formed with the very objective on 28^th of September, 2010 to propagate the ideology of Shaheed Bhagat Singh and establish the pro-people politics among the students. It has worked since then in Chandigarh. Now as the organization has expanded and established its base among students, it was considered necessary to further consolidate the working and hence on 19^th feb. 2013, SFS successfully accomplished its 1^st IJLAS.

The ceremony was held at English Auditorium, Panjab University, Chandigarh. Various personalities from civil society, teachers and a big number of students attended the event. The program marked its beginning with Flag Hoisting. The program included various cultural activities. Documentaries ,viz, “ DEATH OF  MERIT” (demonstrating the caste-system and its practices in  educational institutes) and the other one depicting the caste-system in our society (the case of Bant Singh Chabbar) were shown. A choreography depicting the on-going cruel “land-acquisitions by State on large scale and the peasants struggle” and a play “BABA BOLDA HAI” was performed by the cultural team of SFS

The main speaker Prof. Madhu Prasad, reader(Political Philosophy) in Philosophy Deptt., Zakir Hussain College, Delhi, member of Presidium of ALL INDIA FORUM FOR RIGHT TO EDUCATION, addressed the issue of the on-going “privatization and commercialization of education”. Prof. told the house about how the education sector is being deliberately ignored by the Govt. By gradually withdrawing public funding from education, the education is being given in private hands. The deceitful approach of the govt. towards the broader masses of people and framing of pro-imperialist policies in favor of private(mostly foreign) corporate.

The President read out the “Student’s Proclamation”, the basic understanding of the organization,  which was further passed by the house. The General Secretary read out the “organizational report” giving account of the functioning of the organization since its formation.
The organization declared Tricity (Chandigarh-Panchkula-Mohali) and its periphery as its working area. The organization declared its slogan for the year to “RISE AGAINST PRIVATISATION AND COMMERCIALISATION OF EDUCATION”. The program was concluded by the speech of the President.