European Academic Research ISSN 2286-4822
ISSN-L 2286-4822
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Article Name :
Quality Education in Rural Areas of Pakistan: The Role of Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU)
Author Name :
SARFRAZ ASLAM, Prof. CONGMAN RAO
Publisher :
Bridge Center
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Abstract :
The development and survival of any state depends upon education. Informal education goes hand in hands with formal education to take part in a detrimental role in the establishment of a society. AIOU (Allama Iqbal Open University Pakistan) took its root in 1974 to initiate a distance learning system to serve the peoples without any discrimination of gender, religion and locality. The rural sites of the country started to get benefit from the educational programs of the AIOU. The study was aimed to assess the role of AIOU (Allama Iqbal Open University) in two dimensions, to provide quality education in rural areas, actual role of AIOU for quality education improvement in Pakistan. The study was qualitative in nature and conducted among 10-rural distance tutors of AIOU in district Okara, Pakistan. 10 interviews were conducted for the data collection after that the data were analyzed through coding and the thematic process, to find out more sophisticated results noteworthy analysis of in hand literature was also surpasses out. In all aspects of the school and its adjoining education society, the privileges of the intact child, and all children, to endurance, security, growth and involvement are major point of focus. This brings to understanding that the spotlight is on learning which reinforce the potential of children to act positively. On their own possession and all the way through the attainment of applicable information, practical ability and suitable approaches; those generated for children, and help them to produce for themselves and others, shelter places, security and healthy interaction (Bernard, 1999). On the basis of deeper and critical investigation, the study found that the AIOU beyond all doubts devoted with the commendable body of accountability and is a platform to provide equal chances for all without any discrimination. Quality assessment system, non political interference, quality curriculum and teachers motivation makes AIOU an organized system striving for achieving quality oriented goals. AIOU is playing a vital role in rural education for sustainable development in Pakistan.
Keywords :
AIOU, rural education, education development, quality education, quality assessment

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