Enhanced access: AIOU to establish data centre

This will provide increased access to its students and tutors across the country.

ISLAMABAD: Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) is preparing to set up a big educational data centre to provide increased access to its students and tutors across the country.

This is part of the largest distance learning university’s ongoing efforts to transform the entire academic network and provide online access of educational materials to millions of students.

The stone-laying ceremony of the centre was held at the university’s main campus, said a press release issued here on Monday.

Addressing the ceremony, Vice-Chancellor Dr Nazir Ahmed Sangi said that AIOU website is currently being visited by over four million students every month.

The data centre will include information relating to examinations, results, admission and mailing of books, tutors, lectures and students’ assignments.

Through this data, electronic version of the printed material will also be available to the students. Dr Sangi further said that the centre will be completed within one year.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 17^th, 2014.