President Dr. Arif Alvi has called for further enhancing the quality and outreach of Open Distance Learning Programmes of the Allama Iqbal Open University.

In a follow-up briefing on AIOU in Islamabad on Wednesday, he stressed on using blended learning tools to increase the enrolment of students in different academic disciplines.

He said that educating and imparting skills to students according to the market dynamics would help ensure their early employment besides helping in their career progression.

The President emphasized the need to invest in the formal and ODL modes of education which are the most important platforms for providing education to the masses.

He said that ODL and hybrid modes of education could be extended to the Primary and Middle school levels after coordination with the relevant stakeholders from the public and private sectors.

He also called upon the Ministry of Education and Professional training to play a leading role in bringing all stakeholders from the public and private sectors on one platform to devise a vision and strategy for extending educational services to neglected areas of the country.