WAFAQI MOHTASIB INSPECTION TEAM VISITS ALLAMA IQBAL OPEN UNIVERSITY (AIOU)
RECOMMENDS OPTIMAL USE OF UNIVERSITY LAND FOR ENHANCING EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES
On receipt of large number of complaints against AIOU, the Wafaqi Mohtasib Mr. Ejaz Ahmad Qureshi deputed Wafaqi Mohtasib Inspection Team comprising of Senior Advisor Mr. Ahmad Farooq , Advisor Dr. Inam ul Haq Javed Deputy Advisor Mr. Pervez Haleem Rajpoot and Senior Investigation Officer Mr. Adnan Ahmad to visit the main campus of the Allamma Iqbal Open University (AIOU) located in Islamabad which is imparting education to 1.1 million students with 54 Regional Campuses all over Pakistan, AJ&K and Gilgit Baltistan .
The visiting team held meeting with the Vice Chancellor and other faculty members to learn about the issues being confronted by the University .The team members also had interaction with the university students and ascertained issues faced by them. Later the team went around different departments of the AIO University to see for themselves the root causes of persistent complaints.
It was revealed that the students were facing with delayed receipt of results, denial of admission despite fulfilling required qualification, late or non delivery of semester assignments and delay in checking of the assignments, registering incorrect particulars of the students, delayed reimbursement of admission fee in case of refusal to admission and other such like complaints. The team members proposed to the Vice Chancellor AIOU the optimal use of vast piece of land held by the University for enhancing the scope of educational activities. To facilitate the students in accessing the faculty and university management, the inspection team recommended uploading on AIOU Website five E-mail addresses in the University Facilitation Centre.
The team will submit its detailed report to Wafaqi Mohtasib within 10 days.