Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Islamabad
The FM radio station of Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU), “Voice of AIOU” has started broadcasts and soon the university would launch satellite based television channel, said AIOU Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Mehmoodul Hassan Butt on Tuesday.
He was addressing the prize distribution ceremony of weeklong training workshop titled “Educational Script Writing for Radio/TV” arranged by the Institute of Educational Technology, AIOU.
Butt said “Voice of AIOU” could be listened on frequency FM 91.6 within 40 kilometers limits of Rawalpindi and Islamabad.
Butt said more than 1.6 million students had gotten degrees and certificates from the AIOU, which was not only the biggest University of the country but enlisted among four mega universities of the world.
The VC said the future of distance learning and informal education system was bright in Pakistan.
He said radio and television could play pivotal role in education and the script writing for educational programmes needed very care and responsibly.
Institute of Educational Technology Director Qasim Haider said JAICA (Japan), Korea and UK assisted the university in provision of modern equipment and technologies. Daily Times
