ISLAMABAD – Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has introduced aninitiative under a pilot project to provide free extra academic help tostudents for better understanding of their study material.
This supplement education has been delivered by imparting a unique learningexperience that is essentially different from their general text books.
The Authority, in this regard, had joined hands with Internet Society(ISOC) Asia-Pacific Bureau and COMSATS Internet Services to provide onlineinteractive remote education to 6th grade students of a Government GirlsHigh School in rural Multan.
According to PTA report, TeleTaleem, a renowned and experiencedtele-education provider was also hired to deliver realtime online lecturesof English, Mathematics and Science through an interactive classroomenvironment from Islamabad.
The content delivered by teachers had been designed to make more use ofactivities, conceptual approach, alternative pedagogy and online resources.
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In his comments, Chairman PTA said that the government has always beensupportive of ideas that make the best use of innovative technologies.
Internet is nucleus of socio-economic development in future and thisproject has been introduced so that young girls could efficiently useinternet.
