AIOU’s students from South Punjab receive laptops under PM’s scheme

Islamabad

Around 200 students of Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) from Southern Punjab were also handed over laptops on Monday, under the Prime Minister’s Youth scheme.

In all about 2500 students of the university are the beneficiaries of the scheme. The recipients are talented students from all over the country who were enrolled in Master, M.Phil and PhD-level programmes in the recent semesters.

The excited students received the latest laptop machines with specifications enabling them to be both as a computer and as well as a notepad. In addition, an internet device was also the part of the package.

Minister of Education Engr. Muhammad Balighur Rehman was the chief guest on the occasion who hoped that the winning students will use them as a tool to overcome knowledge gap in their study, enabling themselves to serve the society.

AIOU Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Shahid Siddique in his welcome address assured that the university will continue its march towards a better future for their students, by providing them quality education, with best study environment.

He hoped that the laptops will help them to undertake innovative and applied research work to serve the society. He thanked the Higher Education Commission for giving necessary funding in doing the research work that is the university’s top priority. He also spoke about the other initiatives of academic and administrative nature, taken during the last two years.

Engr. Baligur Rehman appreciated vice chancellor and his team for bringing about qualitative improvement in the university’s overall working. He noted that a number of praise-worthy steps were taken in the years for the uplift of the university, enhancing its academic ranking and building up its good image.

About the laptop scheme, the minister said it was designed and being implemented through a transparent and impartial manner and purely on merit basis. There is no discretionary power with the government in this connection.