The participation of students in politics is concerned it has been a topic of great disagreement amongst the scholars. The question is whether the students are allowed to take part in politics or not. There are different kinds of opinions. Some people say that the students under no circumstances are permitted to engage in political activities and so ruin their academic career. While others are of the opinion that the students must take active part in the politics so that to receive) necessary training which is required for practical struggle in future. The following schools of thought have their separate view-point regarding the issue.
The standard advanced the issue with the disagreement that politics is the last resort of a scoundrel. It corrupts the student’s mind and degrades his moral character. It creates in him a love for ordinary life and dishonors his noble thought. By diverting his attention towards politics he forgets his actual duty of moral development and intellectual encourage which he is promised as a student. He should therefore be strictly forbidden to be treated in the politics. He should merely concentrate upon his study with full eagerness and affection.
According to the revolutionary school of thought politics is one of the essential and noblest gifts of modern human knowledge. In an independent country it is an indispensable part of culture and civilization. Detaching the students from politics in an educational institution is equal to extinction of democracy while true democracy demands the involvement of each and every 375 the Study of Education class of people in the politics. So depriving the students to take part in politics is just to weaken the very function of the political system of the country which is in no way recommended.
Now let us consider the view-point of moderate school of thought who thinks and suggests that adequate facilities should be available to students in order to study the