AIOU holds cultural festival to promote French language

Islamabad

Department of French, Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) held a cultural festival (signing and poem competition) in collaboration with French Embassy (Culture Office) and National University of Modern Languages (NUML).

Andre De Bussy, cultural councillor, Embassy of France attended the event as chief guest. Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Shahid Siddiqui said on the occasion that the University will fulfil its responsibility to promote the foreign languages through academic programs and social and literary activities.

The AIOU, he said has already reached an arrangement with Chinese government for setting up a Confucius Institute here at its main campus as well as at Gwadar in Baluchistan to give educational response to China-Pakistan Economic Corridor.

This aimed at helping the people to learn the Chinese language to have their facilitating role in execution of CPEC’s related projects. The students of Department of French, AIOU, excelled in all the competitions and won most of the prizes. In singing competition (solo) AIOU got the 1st and 2nd prize.

In singing competition (Group), AIOU got the 1st prize. In poem competition (Level 1), AIOU got the 1stand 3rd prize. In Quiz competition (Level 1), AIOU got the 2nd prize and in Skit competition AIOU got the 2nd prize.

De Bussy highly appreciated the rich talents of the Pakistani students and their thrust of learning the French Language. He said he was highly impressed by the performance of the students Earlier, Dr. Farah Naz Sheikh, Head French Department, AIOU highlighted the objectives of such events and thanked the French Embassy and the Vice Chancellor for their support in promoting French language in Pakistan.