KU discusses progress on conducting online classes

KARACHI: The Vice Chancellor University of Karachi Professor Dr Khalid Mahmood Iraqi has said that the varsity would soon develop an in-house system for conducting online classes.

Dr Khalid Mahmood Iraqi chaired a meeting held at VC Secretariat to discuss the progress regarding conducting online classes due to ongoing pandemic the COVID-19.

The meeting was attended by the Registrar Dr Saleem Shahzad, all the deans, Director Distance Learning Program Professor Dr Abdul Waheed, President Karachi University Teachers’ Society Professor Dr Anila Amber Malik, the Director Quality Enhancement Cell Professor Dr Syed Jamil Hasan Kazmi and other officials.

On this occasion, the Vice Chancellor said “We will currently use all available technologies to conduct classes whether it is available at KU or is made available by the Higher Education Commission Islamabad”.

Professor Dr Khalid Iraqi asked all the deans to conduct a meeting with all the chairpersons in this regard and take them onboard. “We intend to start online classes to facilitate students and continue the learning process at the earliest”.

“It is a difficult time for all of us, I pray that all our students, faculty and staff and their families are safe and secure.” The first meeting to discuss the possibilities and opportunities to start online classes was held on Wednesday, April 15, 2020.

The technical committee was also formed in that meeting which comprised of Professor Dr Jamil Kazmi, Dr Sadiq Ali Khan, Dr Syed Asim Ali, Javed Akram, and Engineer, Ishfaq Khanzada.

The committee members were asked to present the report in the next meeting, who had developed and shared survey forms with teachers and students to get their input regarding holding online classes, and asked them to share what kind of problems they could face in this regard.

He presented HEC’s recommendation about online learning in this regard. He also briefed about the feedback of students regarding online classes received through different means.