National President of Students Islamic Organisation of India, Ashfaq Ahmed Shareef addressed a Press Conference in Jabalpur.

The program started with a brief introduction of SIO and its activities by Hassan Ahmed, Zonal Sec. Later, Masih uz Zaman, National secretary of SIO presented a brief introduction of the North India Education Movement, which is being run by SIO from the past 1.5 years for the upliftment of education in the north India.

Addressing the various electronic and print media journalists, Ashfaq Ahmed Shareef spoke on various students’ and education related issues and the role played by SIO in order to address these issues. He brought to light the social injustice in the field of education going on in the country, the loop holes in the current educational system, lack of morality among students and youth and the failure of our educational system in inculcating these values. He also said that the biggest threat to our country is the polarisation of masses caused by communal and fascist forces. He said that we must all join hands in order to defeat these forces which divide the society on the basis of religion and race.