Islamabad: 162 enrolled Master-level students of Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) Rawalpindi-Islamabad have received laptops under Prime Minister‘s scheme Phase-III.
The distribution of the laptops held here at a ceremony according to the merit-criteria laid down by the Higher Education Commission (HEC).
While chairing lap-tops’ distribution ceremony Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Shahid Siddiqui said a transparent mechanism was adopted while implementing the scheme. Congratulating the recipients, he said it was reward of their hard work and talents.
He hoped that students would use the facility for their academic research that helps to bring positive change in their individual and collective life.
He asserted that the education should be made beneficial for the society, and with this spirit, he added, the AIOU focused on research-based activities and linked these with the society, addressing its socio-economic issues.
He noted that as many as 2500 M.Phil and PhD students of the University have already received the laptops.
The University, he said had special distinction among the country’s educational institutions in term of enrollment that reached to 1.3 million, among those 56 percent are females, mostly belonged to remote regions.
The ceremony was attended among other by Dean Social Sciences Dr. Samina Awan, Dean Education Dr. Nasir Mahmood, Director Regional Service Dr. Arif Saleem Arif and Director Students affairs Rana Tariq Javed.
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