PU teachers’ orientation session

LAHORE:Punjab University Institute of Applied Psychology (IAP) in collaboration with Inter University Consortium for promotion of Social Sciences (IUCPSS) and Media Training and Research Centre (MTRC) hosted an orientation session for teachers’ training under the Faculty Development Programme.

PU VC Prof Dr Niaz Ahmad Akhtar, Pro-VC Prof Dr Muhammad Saleem Mazhar, Dean Faculty of Behavioral Sciences Prof Dr Umbreen Javaid, National Coordinator General IUCPSS Murtaza Noor, CEO MTRC Prof Dr Shahjahan, Dean faculty of Humanities FC College Prof Dr Altaf Ullah Khan and focal person of the faculty development programme & director IAP Prof Dr Rafia Rafique addressed the event. Prof Dr Saleem Mazhar, while lauding the efforts of institute of Applied Psychology in pandemic, asserted, “It is need of the hour that we start recognising importance of psychology in every domain of life.”

Murtaza Noor shared the training plan with the participants whereas Prof Dr Shahjahan and Prof Dr Altaf Ullah Khan talked through the rationale and aim of this collaboration and teachers training under faculty development programme. Dr Rafia started off by shedding light on the impact of pandemic and lockdown on the education system and the stress faced by students as well as teachers while accommodating to the novel mode of learning.

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