Virtual University of Pakistan conducted an online admission test for students of Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute (GIKI). Total 3000 students appeared for admission test in 20 designated centers in all over Pakistan. Cities where test was conducted included Lahore, Karachi, Quetta, Rawalpindi, Islamabad, Peshawar, Abbottabad, Multan, Kohat, Wah Cantt, Swabi, Mardan, Attock and Nowshera. Safety desks were also established at … Read More
ECAT Conducted by Virtual University of Pakistan (VUP)
As per the directions of Chancellor Virtual University President of Pakistan Dr Arif Alvi, VUP conducted first ever online ECAT for engineering universities in Punjab. As many as 111 designated campuses allocated for 34000 participants across Punjab which were spread across the province; Lahore, Faisalabad, Multan, Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, DG Khan, Bahawalpur, Bahawalnagar, Sheikhupura, Nankana, Sialkot and many others. A mobile … Read More
Virtual University of Pakistan (VUP)’s Satellite Channels License Has Been Renewed
Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) awarded license renewal for Virtual University for next 15 years in connection of non-commercial education Category. Virtual University of Pakistan operates 4 free-to-air television channels. Recently two of its channels VTV-3 and VTV-4 were awarded renewed licenses in a ceremony held at the PEMRA Head Office, Islamabad. Chairman PEMRA, Mr. Muhammad Saleem Baig handed … Read More
Happy 15th Anniversary to Our Dearest SUSS!
Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS) celebrated its 15th anniversary this year, virtually, in light of Covid-19. The August 2020 celebrations saw Mr Lawrence Wong, the new Minister for Education and Second Minister for Finance, partaking to commemorate this milestone. Over the past 15 years, first as private SIM University to now as an autonomous university, SUSS has risen to … Read More
Happy 40th Year Anniversary to Our Dearest OUSL!
OPEN UNTO THE FIELDS, AND TO THE SKY… THE OPEN UNIVERSITY OF SRI LANKA CELEBRATES ITS 40TH ANNIVERSARY! The Open University of Sri Lanka (OUSL) celebrated its 40th anniversary on 22nd July 2020 with a simple, yet an elegant ceremony, led by the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Anbahan Ariadurai and members of the senior academic staff of the OUSL. All other staff … Read More
“Communication Technologies For Education” A MOOC Offered by University of Mumbai, Institute of Distance and Online Learning
During the time of Covid-19 pandemic we need to turn the challenges as opportunities through the use of Communication Technologies in Education. This course in its 5th cycle has attracted more than 15,000 learners so far and has been used by the students of B.Ed./M.Ed./ MA Education and anyone who evinced interest in the subject. This course begins with the … Read More
Universitas Terbuka, Indonesia and Universiti Teknologi MARA Perak Branch, Malaysia to Hold e-Plenary Webinar Series
Greetings from Universiti Teknologi MARA Perak Branch, Malaysia and Universitas Terbuka Indonesia This e-Plenary Series 2020 is OPEN To ALL! It is a FREE webinar with e-Certificate will be awarded to all participants. We would like to inform you about our upcoming e-Plenary SERIES with the details below: – Session 1 (11 August 2020)LESSONS FROM A PANDEMIC ACCELERATING EDUCATION 5.0 … Read More
International Virtual Conference “Digitalization and Cyber Security” by the Virtual University of Pakistan
Virtual University of Pakistan (VUP) is organizing International Virtual Conference “Digitalization and Cyber Security” on August 10, 11 and 12, 2020 through Zoom. VU is Pakistan’s first University based completely on modern Information and Communication Technologies which was established by the Government to provide extremely affordable world class education. We would like to invite and welcome you to the Event … Read More
Republic of Indonesia Vice President Appreciates UT as Distance Education Pioneer
For the first time in the 36-year course of history of the Indonesian Open University or Universitas Terbuka (UT), the graduation ceremony was performed in the internet online, on Tuesday (21/7/2020). The graduating students followed the graduation ceremony by Zoom application for those who were both at home in Indonesia or abroad, such as in Taiwan, Saudi Arabia, Hong Kong, … Read More
24th IDEA-IDOL-CEMCA National Conference on Online and Distance Learning (ODL)
A two day 24th IDEA National Conference on Emerging Perspectives of Open and Distance Learning was organised by the Institute of Distance and Open Learning (IDOL), University of Mumbai in association with Indian Distance Education Association (IDEA) & Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA) on July 17th – 18th, 2020. This conference was organised to bring together different institutions … Read More