Islamabad
– 25th September 2013 Vice-Chancellor, Open University Malaysia,
Prof. Anuwar Ali and Chairman, Turkish higher education council, Prof. Dr. Jennifer Cetinsaya on Wednesday
visited the Allama Iqbal Open University(AIOU) and decided to open new avenues
of bilateral cooperation at the level of higher education.
On
their arrival at the University’s main campus, they were received by the AIOU
Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Dr. Nazir Ahmed Sangi, who briefed them on the
performance and the development work of the University for combating illiteracy
and ensuring access to quality education at the mass level.
They
were also taken around the various departments of the University to show them
the existing ‘state-of-the-art’ facilities for 1.3 students across the country.
The visiting educationists evinced keen interest in the university’s educational
pursuits. Both sides agreed to enhance
their bilateral cooperation, taking benefit from the expertise and experiences in
the higher education sector.
They
lauded the AIOU’s for its outstanding work and said it was emerging as one
top-level universities in the Muslim World. They said, the AIOU enjoyed rich
capacity and potential meeting the students’ educational requirements, as per
international standard.
While
recording his comments about AIOU, Prof. Anuwar Ali said that he was highly impressed by the University’s high-standing after
visiting the IT-based educational facilities at the AIOU’s main campus. Dr.
Anuwar Ali appreciated leadership qualities of Dr. Sangi and his efforts and initiatives
providing financial support to the poor and needy students.
Dr.
Anuwar said his University was looking forward joining-hands with AIOU for
exchange of experiences, expertise and faculty members for promotion of
education, particularly at higher educational levels.
Briefing
the visiting guests on the university’s performance, Dr. Sangi said that it had
set up video-Conferencing system at its main campuses throughout the country for
interaction between AIOU’s teachers and students. AIOU, he said is amongst the 17-Mega
Universities around the world and this University has the credit of educating
people from class one to Ph.D level.
The
University has recently launched students’ support schemes, including ‘educate-a-child’
scheme, open schooling system, ‘Earn to learn’ scheme that aimed at providing
educational facilities to all segments of society and encouraging the poor and
talented students. The University is planning to get license for TV live
broadcasting. The Book-ware house of the AIOU is the largest one in Asia, he
remarked.
Recording
his comments about AIOU, Prof. Dr. Jennifer Cetinsayay said the university was
doing outstanding work and it had set a good model of providing quality
education and fighting illiteracy for the rest of the Muslim World. He paid
tributes to the university’s vice chancellor and his team for introducing some
rare students-friendly schemes. His country, he added, wished to learn from its
experience and strengthen bilateral cooperation.
(Ubaidullah Mumtaz)
Public Relations Officer
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