IIU moot ends

Islamabad: New inventions and modern technologies will be introduced in the teaching and learning in the classrooms of the educational institutions in Pakistan. Universities should focus on community outreach programmes to extend experiences of the academia to the end users.

These recommendations were made on the concluding ceremony of the two-day international conference on ‘Innovation in Teaching and Learning’ organised by the Department of Education, International Islamic University, Islamabad.

In the conference, 170 abstracts were presented by researchers from Pakistan and other countries in the areas of Curriculum & Instruction, Higher Education, Research & Innovation, Leadership in the 21st century, Assessment & Evaluation, Social Media & Education and Distance Education. Researchers agreed to develop good moral and social values among the students along with formal education as need of the hour. They also viewed that teachers must be provided the opportunities for professional development trough intensive teacher training programs with modern lines to achieve quality of work.