Minister of Education and Professional Training, Rana Tanveer Hussain inaugurated the 400-kilowatt solar system in Allama Iqbal Open University.

Speaking on the occasion, he said that AIOU is among the few institutions of the Federal Ministry of Education which have completed the solarization work on time.

Rana Tanveer said that the solarization of AIOU will be an important source of green energy along with financial savings. He added that the importance of distance learning has increased after covid-19 and asked the university administration to strengthen its regional network further to provide educational opportunities to the people at their doorstep.

Vice Chancellor AIOU, Professor Dr. Nasir Mehmood in his remarks said that keeping in mind the shortage of energy resources in the country, AIOU has started solarization of all the regional campuses including the main campus under the energy saving policy of the Prime Minister of Pakistan.