When we talk about developing countries, companies often don't make any loss from use of pirated software because the alternative is not paying for the software, but doing something else... But it may empower a future purchase. Legally, no-one cares about it and it's illegal. Now, whether to follow the morality, well that depends a lot on the environment - can the students afford the software? Is anyone willing to listen?

Sorry. I was hoping the message can be edited. I will restate. There are three parties in this case: you, software vendor, and competitors of the software vendor. Theoretically if you don't have money to purchase the software, using cracked software can empower you to make the purchase later. In this case you are conducting an illegal activity in which you as the offender and the software vendor as the victim will both benefit. The competitors of the software vendor will lose though.