ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training has launched an initiative of blended-e-learning, in line with the vision of Prime Minister Imran Khan to use technology in education sector.
In this regard, an agreement was signed between the Federal Directorate of Education, Knowledge Platform, Tele Taleem and Robotics Mea. Blended learning is an approach to education that combines online education materials and opportunities for interaction online with traditional classroom methods.
Different technologies will be used in different levels of education to test and understand the effectiveness of these technologies on the learning of students. On the occasion, Federal Minister Shafqat Mahmood said digital and blended learning was the future.
“With schools all over the world, redesigning because of COVID-19, blends learning is becoming the new normal. Our Ministry as part of its response strategy to COVID-19 is piloting blended learning project to assist students and teachers in ensuring learning continuity,” he added.
He further said after a third-party baseline evaluation, the results of the initiative will be shared with all the federating units and this project shall be replicated on a national level. The minister said, the STEM which is also part of this initiative is an integral part of our education policy.
