ISLAMABAD : Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU)
has upgraded books’ mailing process to provide academic support
to its around 1.4 million students across the country on annual
basis.
On the directives of the Vice Chancellor Professor Dr. Zia-Ul-
Qayyum, the University’s mailing department took some extra
measures to undertake the job on fast-track basis, through use of
‘state-of-the-art’ technology.
This aimed at giving maximum study period to the students,
enabling them to timely complete their academic assignments.
We are trying to follow an annual academic calendar in doing this
huge job, providing text books to nearly seven lac students for one
semester, said officials of the Mailing Department.
So far the books have been dispatched to more than four lakh
enrolled students of Matric, FA and BA programs for semester
autumn, 2019. The process will be completed at the earliest. The
task of mailing of books to students of post-graduate programs will
be undertaken by the end of this month.
Timely mailing of books will ensure conducting of examination and
announcement of results as per the schedule.
Meanwhile, the University is also in process of digitising its overall
academic working, so as to facilitate the students in the study
process, providing online study material as well.
At the M.Phil and PhD-level, the students have already started
receiving the books online, according to the directions of the Vice
Chancellor, the official added.
