President Alvi directs to work for promotion of online education

ISLAMABAD: President Dr. Arif Alvi has ordered ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training and Higher Education Commission to work for the promotion of online education in the country to minimize the effects of closure of educational institutions due to the epidemic.

According to a press release, in a meeting Dr. Arif Alvi highlighted the significance of education and said that the country required adopting innovative information and communication technology to lessen the loss of students in this COVID-19 lockdown.

The meeting was attended by Minister for Education Shafqat Mahmood, parliamentary secretary for Education Wajiha Akram, federal secretary, Dr. Sajid Yoosufani, technical advisor Umbreen Arif, Chairman and others.

The meeting discussed different opportunities to continue the provision of education in view of the closure of educational institutions across the country.

Minister for education Shafqat Mahmood briefed the president about the initiatives taken by the ministry for providing education through TV channel in view of the lockdown due to the epidmic.

He informed that the ministry had started a TV channel, called Teleschool, to broadcast ready-to-air content on major subjects (English, Maths, Urdu, Science etc) for grade 1 to 12 from 8:00 am to 6:00 pm daily.

The content had been provided free of cost by Edtech Companies and Partners, including Sabaq Foundation, Taleemabad, MUSE, Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) and Knowledge Platforms, he added.

The president lauded the measures taken by the ministry in establishing the infrastructure of online education in a very short span of time.