ISLAMABAD: Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) has been establishing regional offices in the underdeveloped areas of Pakistan, especially the ones with a low rate of literacy to provide equitable educational facilities to all segments of the society without any discrimination and to achieve its objective of nation-building.
AIOU is setting up its campuses or model study centers where there are no formal education institutes and relocating the university campuses from rented houses to its own buildings. In this regard, the Sindh government has approved to provide six acres of land for the construction of AIOU campus building in Hyderabad. According to Director General Regional Services, Inamullah Sheikh, construction work of the campus will be started after acquiring the allotted land in Hyderabad.
The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Dr. Zia Ul-Qayyum, is on a mission to relocate campuses from rented houses to his own buildings and some projects have been completed while construction work is underway in some places. It is pertinent to mention here that provincial governments and philanthropists are assisting in the allotment of lands for the construction of campuses.
