ISLAMABAD – Allama Iqbal Open University is reportedly coming in closepartemeship with the leading Islamic World historic University, Egypt’smega University Jamia Al Azhar.
12-member delegation comprising female students and Faculty’s members ofJamiah-Al-Azhar, Egypt (Urdu department) on Thursday visited Allama IqbalOpen University (AIOU) and showed keen interest in promoting collaborativepartnership.
The visit was the part of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signedearlier between the two sides for promoting study of Urdu and Arabiclanguages at higher education level.
Led by Prof. Dr. Noha Mostafa, the delegation was welcomed by the AIOU’sVice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Zia Ul Qayyum, and other senior academicians andprincipal officers of the University.
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The visit was arranged in collaboration with the Ministry of Education. Itwas noted that the two sides have already started mutual cooperation andstudents’ exchange program under the MoU.
On the proposal of the Vice Chancellor, it was agreed that the scope of theMoU will be further expanded having research-based faculty’s support forthe students of each other Universities in learning the two languages.
