STUDENTS AND POLITICS

Politics is an art of conducting political affairs. I t deals with the structure organization, and administration of the state. It usually describes the processes by which people and instructions exercise their powers. Politics helps us to formulate policies, influences individual, promotes instructions, and organizes societies. The main purpose of collages and universities is to provide necessary training for life. They also promote student's creativity, analytical skills and political insight. They  provide students with an intellectual environment to acquire complex ideas. colleges
and universities provide unique opportunities for academic, personal, social, and political enrichment. I n other words they are the training grounds for life.

It is debatable whether students should take part in the arduous field of politics. Some people favour the idea strongly while others repudiate it altogether. Those who approve of the idea say that students constitute the most important portion of population. They are the future of nation. They are the people who would run the administration of the country. Therefore, it is necessary for them to take part in politics in student life so that they might learn the art of politics. In this way, they will be successful politicians in future. They will know how to run the political system of the country. So, student life should be their first training ground for politics. Why should they not participate in politics in student life if they are to take part in politics in practical life? So it is in the interest of a nation that the students should go into politics.

If we cast a cursory glance at history, we will come to know that great politicians are not born in a day. Ages are required to make people successful politicians. Approximately all the great leaders of the world had been successful politicians in their student life. For example the students of subcontinent played an important role in creating Pakistan. They worked side by side with their political leaders to win freedom. Quaid-e-Azam urged the students to play their role for freedom. Therefore, students may be allowed to take part in politics.