Student politics
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Student politics is a broad term that can mean either,
1) The politics engaged in by students (also know as the Student movement or student activism), which may mean street protests, sit-ins, or a student strike. Examples of this are the Opposition to the Vietnam War in America, the student revolt in Paris, May 1968 or the Iranian students' participation during the Iranian Revolution, 1979.
2) The level of politics that is entirely occupied by students. This could mean student body elections and competing in student union elections or positions on academic or administrative boards for universities or colleges.
In Pakistan during, Afghan War Student polics was used to manipulate the political structure for the interest of Government. It resulted in deterioration of quality of education in the educational institutes.
