Islamabad, The Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) has opened admissions from Matric to MA/MSc level programs in various areas for Spring Semester 2013.
Applicants can get admission forms and prospectuses from the main campus of the university in Sector H-8, Islamabad, and also at regional campuses and management offices all over the country.
The admission forms along with required documents and d fee can be submitted in the branches of Bank Alfalah, Habib Bank Limited, First Women Bank and Allied Bank and in nominated branches of the National Bank of Pakistan and Muslim Commercial Bank.
Pakistanis living in Middle-East can download admission forms and prospectuses for Matric, Inter and Bachelors programs from the website (del.aiou.edu.pk).
The computerized admission forms have been sent to all ‘continuing students.’ They can also download ‘continuing admission forms’ from the website (www.aiou.edu.pk).
Allama Iqbal Open University Islamabad soon will have non-commercial “Educational TV Channel”, an initiative of Educational Media Institution. Federal Minister for Information Qamar Zaman Kaira in this regard has assured the information ministry with full support.
He further said while addressing at the Seeratun Nabi Conference organized at Nusrat Bhutto Auditorium of the AIOU, that Radio Pakistan and Pakistan Television (PTV) would also train the persons for the planned channel.
AIOU Vice-Chancellor (VC) Prof Dr Nazir Ahmed Sangi said on this occasion that the university is determined to prepare its syllabus having an objective of increasing the knowledge base of students and to nurture the character of the youth.
He further revealed that besides teaching ethics through radio and television channels, the university would also print moral lessons on the cover of the 2.5 million books printed every semester. Refresher courses would also be organized for muezzins and khateebs of mosques to deliver modern developments so that they could teach the masses through their addresses.