Welcome to Allama Iqbal Open University, the First Distance Education University in South Asia, that caters to the educational needs of 1.3 million students to enable them to study at their own place, at their own pace and at their own convenience. The University goes to the doorsteps of the students, irrespective of the distance and location of students. One can become a student of this university at any age as we consider education a life-long and continuous process.
The University has a vast menu of educational programmes at different levels, starting from basic literacy programmes to the PhD programmes. The courses are regularly revised in order to keep them contemporary, relevant, and internationally compatible. Self explanatory course material helps the students to comprehend the course concepts without physical presence of the teacher. The self-assessment activities, included in the books, help ensure the acquisition of learning outcomes.
At AIOU, we believe that female literacy needs to have a special focus, especially in the far flung areas of the country where girls do not have educational institutions close to their homes, and offers a number of programmes to facilitate female literacy.
The Allama Iqbal Open University was established in May, 1974, with the main objectives of providing educational opportunities to masses and to those who cannot leave their homes and jobs. During all these past years, the University has more than fulfilled this promise.
It has opened up educational opportunities for the working people and has provided access to the females on their door steps. It has also done pioneering work in the field of Mass Education. It is now breaking new grounds in the fields of professional, scientific, and technical education. It is attempting to reach out to the remotest areas of Pakistan. It is also attempting to harness modern information Technology for spreading education in Pakistan.
The AIOU, when established in 1974, was the second Open University in the world and first in Asia and Africa. It, thus, speaks of the foresight of the policy-makers of that time. As these past years of AIOU have proved, Distance Education has opened up new opportunities for millions, particularly women, and supplemented the efforts of the federal and provincial governments in a big way and that too without becoming a burden on their resources.
The idea of Distance Education assumed greater relevance and acceptance in Pakistan due to the factors of poverty and relative deprivation of women. The rate of literacy, incidence of dropouts, and excess to higher education is much lower in the poorer classes of Pakistan. The incidence of poverty is much higher in the rural areas, where formal education is much less established. The rate of literacy and education is much lower for females in Pakistan, particularly in the rural areas, due to poverty and conservative traditions. Many conservative parents under the pressure of old age traditions do not allow their daughters to go out to the schools. The AIOU, through its system of Distance Education has, thus, provided educational opportunities to these housebound girls and women. This explains the reasons why the majority of the students enrolled with the University are females.
Latterly, the University is trying to fulfill another current need. Professional and technical education in Pakistan is becoming very costly, especially in recent years, because of government policy to encourage private sector in these fields. The lower middle class and poorer classes are being marginalized and their children have very little chance to get high education in fields like Business Administration, Computer Science, Medicine and Engineering. The AIOU is attempting to meet this challenge and to keep a window open for these classes by keeping the costs at the minimum and by creating a Student Assistance Fund.
Earned UNESCO NOMA award and Raja Roy Sing award for innovative strategies for imparting literacy to the rural masses.
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A place which has been kind and open to me to get more learning opportunities,every time!
May Allah bless it and the dear homeland!Ameen
By Ume Bilal (Jun, 2018) |
Great university.
Great platform for those who can not continue their studies due to financial issues they can work and study virtually from anywhere.
Yearly fee is very low.
University's degree reputation is not that good, but the thing is they can assist you in your career by providing you with degree as most of the private sector will require you to have a university degree.
By Muhammad Talha (Jun, 2018) |
facilitating Best the students by offering Undergraduate and Graduate Programs and Courses . World Fourth lagest institution by number of enrollments. ?
By Noman Zahoor JanJua (May, 2018) |
I have been to this place quite a few times as far as construction is concerned or the area this university covers, it's great. Lot of place. Very well organized relatively clean. As far as the Teaching quality is concerned I have my concerns with it, you are doing MSc in a subject and all you have to do is that you have to take a month of classes every semester, what kind of education is that? So much students do their assignments from internet or buy from various places. Pathetic way of teaching is what it is.
By Hamza Mubashar (May, 2018) |
Wonderful place. I love to like university
campuses scattered in a vast area. It gives a look of city of knowledge. The university opens doors for education to a large number of people who, otherwise would not have been able to get education.
By Imam Ahmad (May, 2018) |
It's a very useful institute to people who work or who can't continue there studies regularly so my experience is pretty good from this institute n very helpful also
By Hasnain Qadri (Apr, 2018) |
Aiou is the best university in the Asia who provide quality education at your door step. His degree accepted in all over the world and gave a great value of his students in every field of life.
By Sajawal Khan (Mar, 2018) |
AIOU is the World most effective University to provide Education at door setup for all people of Pakistan.Best ever university of Pakistan
By Malik Wajid Ali (Mar, 2018) |
Allama Iqbal Open University a public research university with high enrollment of students annually highly qualified staff there.University environment is also good and have cafeteria, mosque and grounds.
Many students awarded degree from Allama Iqbal Open University and working in good positions.
By Adil Akhlaq (Feb, 2018) |
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aiou is a very faboulous sector to provide everyfield of persons to achive their targets to complete their education skills in these semester system my fisrt experience with aiou so wish me a very splendid luck and your good views
By Touseef Gondal (Jul, 2018) |