PRESENTATION ON THE WORKING AND PERFORMANCE OF AIOU IN VIEW OF DISTANCE LEARNING EDUCATION IN PAKISTAN.

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PRESENTATION ON THE WORKING AND PERFORMANCE OF
AIOU IN VIEW OF DISTANCE LEARNING EDUCATION IN
PAKISTAN. 15th. International Congress on
Distance Education. FORTALEZA, Brazil.
September ,2009
By Prof. Dr. Mahmood-ul-Hassan Butt
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Case for Distance Education in Pakistan

• Demography
• Population 180 millions
• 40 below age 14
• In school only 50 of the age group
• University accessibility only
• 4 of the age group
• Plan to increase it to 10 by 2015
• Geography 300000 Sq. Miles
• Rural 75
• Urban 25

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Case for Distance Education in Pakistan

• Social and Economic
• Gender, Male 48 Female 52
• Poverty 30 below poverty line
• Limited access to money economy for females
• Rural Health
• Multiplier Effect
• Quality Faculty (Prepares)
• Quality Instructional Materials
• Existing facilities (Home, Office, Community
  Centers)

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Key Challenges in Higher Education
Financing Reforms
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Strategic Aims Responding to Challenges
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ESTABLISHMENT

• Allama Iqbal Open University The AIOU was
  established in 1974 under the name of
• Peoples Open University using the Open
  Distance Learning Model. It was later renamed as
  Allama Iqbal Open University in 1977 on the eve
  of first centenary of the National Poet and
  Philosopher,
• Allama Muhammad Iqbal.

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MISSION OF AIOU

• AIOU will transform lives and serve society by
  providing affordable and accessible education
  through technology supported distance learning to
  disseminate and discover useful knowledge,
  develop professional skills, ethical dispositions
  and commitment to excellence .

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RATIONALE

• To provide Opportunities for Learners to
  Study regardless of Geographic, Socio-Economic or
  Age constraints. It is a readily accessible and
  affordable open university designed to serve the
  times and nations need for competent and caring
  human resources.

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OBJECTIVES

• To provide affordable and accessible
  educational facilities to people who cannot leave
  their homes and jobs.
• To provide facilities to the masses for their
  educational uplift.
• To provide instruction in diverse disciplines
  of knowledge including technology and vocations.

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OBJECTIVES

• To provide facilities for the training of
  teachers.
• To make provision for research and for the
  advancement and dissemination of
  knowledge.
• To hold examinations and to award and confer
  degrees and other academic distinctions

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• VISION ( Aspirations) OF AIOU
• Deliberately plan a qualitatively brighter future
  to build on AIOUs extraordinary achievements of
  quantitative growth as a mega ODL University.
• Through collective strategic thinking develop and
  implement innovative and creative systems and
  solutions to enable students, faculty and staff
  to thrive and serve the nation.

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• Expand and improve the quality of services
  provided through its regional campuses and
  centers.
• Foster High quality research by students and
  faculty to meet current and anticipated
  development needs of the country
• Selectively develop for ODL delivery graduate
  programs of teaching, research and service
  commensurate with the mission of the University.

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• Play a leading role to extend the open distance
  education system to other universities to cover
  private candidates.
• Graduate culturally enlightened, technologically
  knowledgeable skilled and academically
  competent, progressive and productive leaders.

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ORGANIZATION

• Administrative Structure
• Academic Structure
• Regional Network

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THE AIOU SYSTEM

• Admission
• Instructional Media
• Conventional Face To Face Education

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ADMISSION

• An Academic year is comprised of two
  semesters/18 weeks namely Spring and Autumn
  semesters .
• A wide range of courses from
• Secondary School Certificate
• Higher Secondary School Certificate
• Undergraduate
• Graduate
• Masters
• M.Phil
• Ph.D programmes
• In addition short and long term Diploma and
  certificate programmes including Teacher
  Education, non credit functional courses are
  offered in each semester.

Semester (Duration 18 Weeks) Admissions Open
Spring February 1st
Autumn August 1st
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INSTRUCTIONAL MEDIA

• Correspondence and through Radio/Television
• Mixed correspondence, Audio-visual, online
  (internet) and conventional face to face
  tutorials.
• Online Internet and tutorial
• Study material for every programme is specially
  designed and mailed to each distance learner.

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CONVENTIONAL FACE TO FACE EDUCATION

• The education imparted either at the
  Main/Regional campus(es) or the Approved Study
  Centers is provided in the following
  disciplines/levels.
• Applied and Natural Sciences at the levels of
  M.Sc, M.Phil and Ph.D.
• Social Sciences at the levels of M.Phil and
  Ph.D.
• Management Sciences at the levels of BBA and
  MBA in Finance and Information Technology
• Computer Science and Information Technology at
  the levels of BS, MS and Ph.D.

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SALIENT FEATURES

• Course offering trends
• Student Enrolment Trend
• Gender Ratio
• Provincial Breakup
• Degrees/Diplomas/Certificates Awarded

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4.2 GENDER RATIO
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STANDARDIZATION OF EDUCATION

• Curriculum
• Tutorial Support
• Enhanced Support Services through
• Website

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CURRICULUM

• Model Curricular Schemes of Ministry of
  Education/ HEC for all AIOU programmes are
  followed. This imparts an essential equivalence
  to AIOU degrees / certificates.
• Admission and Evaluation criteria of HEC are
  followed for all Postgraduate Programmes.

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TUTORIAL SUPPORT
Tutors provide guidance and evaluate the
assignments.
Part-Time Tutors 37000
Study Centres 1350
Approved Study Centres (for face to face component) 97
Controlled by Regional Campuses and Centers who
provide a venue for Interactive Instructions.
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ENHANCED SUPPORT SERVICES THROUGH
WEBSITE
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SENSE OF ATTACHMENT

• Sharing of Scholarly Activities
• Institute of Mass Education

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Sharing of Scholarly Activities

• Research Journals
• Pakistan Journal of Education (PJE) (Bi-annual)
• Journal of Social Science Humanities (Bi
  annual)
• Ilm Ki Roshni (Bi-annual)
• Maaref-e-Islami (Bi-annual)
• Newsletters
• Jamia Nama (Monthly)
• Sehan Ujala (Bi-annual)
• Weekly Radio Programme for students (Jamia Nama)
• AIOU Magazine monthly TV programme)

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Institute of Mass Education

• The key programs of IME are
• Basic Education, Functinal Literacy
• Basic and Primary Education
• Middle Level Education
• Secondary Level Education
• Short Term Educational Programs
• Balochistan (Turbat)
• Women Middle Education Program through
  non-formal education method in eight villages of
  Mund area ta Turbat (Pilot based).
• Punjab (Kharian)
• Women Middle Education Program
  through non-formal education method in nine
  villages of Kharian (Pilot based).
• Basic Education Functional Literacy
  Program for women in ten villages of Kharian
  (Pilot based)

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AGENDA FOR THE FUTURE AIOU Action PLAN

• Quality Open Distance Education of 21st Century
• Academic Cultural Change

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Quality Open Distance Education of 21st Century

• Information and Communication Tools and
  Technologies.
• Satellite based Interactive TV broadcast through
  PAKSAT-1 (2 - 4 channels).
• FM Radio National Frequency.
• Online Courses using World Wide Web.
• PERN Connectivity.
• Digital Libraries for research.
• Video Conferencing.
• Provide PC to students through buy/lease program.

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Academic Cultural Change

• Tenure Track System for faculty hiring ,
  retention and promotion (May 2006).
• Provision of research facilities and
  opportunities for faculty and post graduate
  students.
• 900 new positions for faculty and technology
  smart support staff.
• Governance System replace current VCR model with
  Chiefs for Academics (CAO), Business and Finance
  (CFO), Planning and Development (CPDO) and
  Manager IT Services.
• Action research in Educational Leadership and
  Teaching.
• National Center for Curriculum Development.

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