By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) in collaboration with Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), the Pakistan Girls Guide Association and Taleemabad has started revising the course for the non-formal education teacher training.
Revision of books
The revision will be completed in three days, and books will be digitized,” said Dr. Muhammad Ajmal Chaudhry, Chairman of the Department of Distance, Non-Formal and Continuing Education, AIOU, at the opening session of the workshop.
Program Specialist, Youth, and Adult Literacy, JICA, Muhammad Bilal Aziz said that the number of children between 10 and 16 years of age is the highest among those who drop out in Pakistan after Covid-19. With the help of Allama Iqbal Open University, we are trying to bring children of this age group back into the education network.
He said that we have also started middle tech program in collaboration with AIOU, and there is a need to link education with technical education for the better interest of Pakistan and Pakistani children.
