AIOU To Establish Computer Laboratories In Regional Offices

ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 6th May, 2021 ) :Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) was establishing computer laboratories in its regional offices throughout the country to achieve digitalization objective fully.

According to AIOU, these labs would also provide technical support to deserving students who didn't have access to such facilities so that they could work in these laboratories to complete their academic tasks.

The university has, also, expedited efforts to establish its television channel which will be purely educational and noncommercial in nature.

This university has already sought its approval from the competent authority. This channel would be highly effective in providing educational access to hundreds and thousands of AIOU students who were residing in distant geographical regions of the country which lack internet facilities.

This television channel was envisioned in May, 2019 project of automation of key academic, administrative, and financial processes of the university not only to make educational delivery effective but also to enhance university's credibility.

Automation processes of the university would be completed by the end of July by incorporating the use of state of the art and latest information and communication technology.

According to Prof Dr Zia Ul-Qayyum, these initiatives would be highly instrumental in enhancing rate of literacy in the country.