AIOU starts working on the 2ND phase of construction of its regional campuses across the country
- November 28, 2013, 6:17 pm
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Islamabad , Nov 28 (Online): Allama Iqbal Open University(AIOU) is expanding its infrastructure by setting up Regional Campuses across the country, ensuring equal access to quality education in order to achieve the desired targets.
This was expressed by the Vice-Chancellor, AIOU Prof. Dr. Nazir Ahmed Sangi while addressing to the pre-qualification meeting of the construction companies held here at AIOU for the construction work of the 2nd phase of AIOU’s campuses.
The increasing in infrastructure, the Vice-Chancellor said is being made with the ratio by 70% in rural and far-flung areas and 30% in the settled parts of the country aimed at ensuring equal access to quality education.
The construction of Mandi Bahuddin Campus will be started next month, necessary fund of Rs. 350 million have been allocated for the civil work of the construction of Regional Campuses while Rs.400 million have been approved for providing the most-modern IT based facilities in these regional campuses.
In the 2nd phase, the regional buildings will be constructed in Hunza, Gilgit, Skardu, Turbat, Qallat, Loralai, Uthal, Qila Saifullah, Gwadar, Kohat, Batagram and Moro (Sindh).
The Most-Modern facilities like, Computer labs, Science labs, Video-conferencing system, exams hall will be provided in all the regional campuses to facilities the students, Dr. Sangi added.
