PR No. 14
Islamabad July 02, 2020

President Dr. Arif Alvi has asked the management of Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) to take steps for providing quality education to the people. He said that quality of education played crucial role in the socio-economic progress of the country, besides reducing poverty. He stated this during a presentation, given by the Vice Chancellor AIOU, Prof Dr. Zia-ul-Qayyum, at Awan-e-Sadr, today. Dr. Zia-ul-Qayyum briefed the President about the role of university in promotion of education. He informed that AIOU was the largest university of Pakistan with enrolment of 1.4 million students from Matric to PH.D. He said that over 3.5 million students had been graduated from the university since its establishment. While appreciating the role of AIOU in promotion of education, the President stated that the University had played greater role in providing distant education and it required to utilize Information Communication Technology (ICT) to help the students of far flung areas.

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