ISLAMABAD, Feb 01 (DNA): President Dr. Arif Alvi has directed the Higher
Education Commission to chalk out a plan for the implementation of the
Online Distance Learning policy at the earliest.
He made these remarks during a briefing on the National University of
Technology, Islamabad, at Aiwan-e-Sadr, Islamabad on Tuesday.
Underlining the importance of virtual education, the President said that
universities should increase the component of virtual education so that
a maximum number of students could benefit from the cheaper mode of
learning.
The meeting was attended by the faculty members of NUTECH,
representatives of HEC, and senior government officials.
Addressing the meeting, the president said the universities were
required to focus on skill development and IT to overcome the
technological gap and put the country on the fast track of development.
He further emphasised upon the need for promoting international skills
in collaboration with the foreign universities and training institutes
which would greatly help in the learning and professional development of
the country’s workforce.
Rector Lt. Gen. (retd) Khalid Asghar briefed the meeting about the
academic programmes being offered by NUTECH in various engineering
fields.
It was informed that NUTECH had planned to offer programmes in
Artificial Intelligence, robotics, and other fields of engineering and
IT.
He highlighted that the university was focusing on providing
high-quality technical education and marketable skills enabling the
youth of the country to get employment.
He also briefed the meeting about the future plans and development of
the online education support system at NUTECH. DNA
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