Islamabad : “Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) has started a campaign to bring out-of-school children into the education net, we are expanding our educational network in the remote and relatively low literacy areas of the country to achieve this goal. Regional offices and model study centres of AIOU will be established in every part of the country that lacks the basic facilities necessary for education”, said Vice Chancellor, AIOU, Prof. Dr. Nasir Mahmood, while presiding over the Regional Directors meeting at Faisalabad Regional Campus yesterday.
Regional directors of Sahiwal, Sargodha, Jhang, Kasur and Gujranwala participated in the meeting. Regional Director, Faisalabad, Dr. Bashir Ahmad Samim hosted the meeting. Vice Chancellor directed the regional heads to identify areas where AIOU can provide educational facilities. Dr. Nasir said that our goal is to increase the facilities as much as possible. Dr. Malik Tauqir Ahmed Khan briefed Vice Chancellor about the Regional Offices and model study centers of AIOU in Punjab. All the regional heads assured the Vice Chancellor to pay special attention to student facilitation. Dr. Bashir Ahmad Samim gave a detailed briefing to the Vice Chancellor on the services of his region.
