ISLAMABAD: A HEC-funded academic training programme was launched here onMonday at the Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) for capacity-building ofthe faculty members, those engaged in providing education through distancelearning system.
The three-day training programme was inaugurated by the Vice ChancellorProf Dr Shahid Siddiqui.Speaking on the occasion, he urged the teachers to keep themselves updatedabout the latest knowledge and learning practices for delivering qualityeducation.
Old concepts of education and teaching practices needed to be reviewed toget the desired results, he asserted.
The teachers, he said should promote creative and critical thinking in theclassrooms, so that the students could be able to have a betterunderstanding and perception about their relevant subject.
The training was arranged by the University’s department of distancelearning. It was part of the on-going University’s professionaldevelopment’s activities.
According to Dr Aftab Ahmed, Deputy Registrar Training and development,there will be a number of training sessions during the programme, to beconducted by eminent educationists.
The AIOU) will soon launch non-formal teaching programmes in order toprovide quality education to the people through distance learning system.
The University has recently arranged various training programmes forproducing trained teachers through certified courses.
Those who spoke at the inaugural session included resource person Dr ShujaAhmed of Peshawar University and the program’s coordinator Mubashra Tufail.