ISLAMABAD,
DEC 04 (DMN) - AIOU-ALIGHT develops partnership to attend 'out-of-school children'. Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) and an NGO ALIGHT here on
Wednesday signed a Letter of Intent to bring out-of-school children in the
educational net through cooperative partnership.
Under the
bilateral arrangement, ALIGHT will set up two non-formal schools for juveniles
and establish a virtual teacher training academy (VTTA) at the University’s
institute of information and Communication Technology (ICT).
The letter
of intent was inked by the University’s Registrar Dr. Muhammad Zaigham Qadeer
and the country’s representative ALIGHT Pakistan Dr. Tariq Habib Cheema, in
presence of the Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr. Zia-Ul-Qayyum.
Through the
VTTA, ALIGHT will streamline teachers' training for online and distance
education and improve and increase pedagogical knowledge and management skills
for educators.
The proposed
academy will include tailor-made content for teachers, head teachers, field
managers, middle managers, officers, master trainers, and other management and
teaching staff.
AIOU will
provide accreditation/certification to participants and free access to campuses
across Pakistan to ALIGHT. The training courses will be available for both
non-formal and formal streams.
Addressing
the signing ceremony, Dr. Zia-Ul-Qayyum said the AIOU will join the nation in
the task of community’s engagement and mobilization to promote the cause of
education. They, he said, are ready to expand the University’s educational
network to educate the illiterates.
He announced
that they will introduce ‘AIOU Open School system’ to attend out of school
children through their fifty one regional offices across the country, with the
help of new technology.
They will effectively undertake the mission of
promoting skill-based literacy, so as enable the people to earn their
livelihood.
Dr. Tariq
Habib Cheema in his remarks on the occasion said, they consider the AIOU as
their best partner to educate the youth.
They, he
added, will work as a bridge between the AIOU and the donor agencies to meet
the educational needs of out-of-school children. He also highlighted the
initiatives and steps taken by them for promoting education in the country,
particularly for the youth.
The ceremony
was also addressed by the University’s Dean of Education Dr. Nasir Mahmood and
Director International exchange and collaboration office Dr. Zahid Majeed, who
elaborated the AIOU’s consistent efforts for meeting the educational needs of
the society and ensuring education to ALL.=DMN
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AIOU-ALIGHT develops partnership to attend 'out-of-school children'
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