Prof. Dr. Fazal Ahmad Khalid, Chairman PHEC, presides over a meeting to facilitate universities and colleges to develop comprehensive plans, implementation strategies, and capacity building programs for the promotion of online teaching and courses. For this purpose, short-term, medium-term and long-term plans shall be devised to strengthen the blended, distance and online education system on a permanent basis in the province covering access to MOOCs, Coursera, and EdX.

This was decided today in an online meeting through Zoom video communication platform to discuss the policy guidelines regarding online education in affiliated colleges in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The meeting, chaired by Chairman PHEC Prof. Dr. Fazal Ahmed Khalid, was attended by Prof. Dr. Syed Mansoor Sarwar, Vice-Chancellor, University of Engineering & Technology, Lahore, Prof. Dr. Muhammad Ashraf Vice-Chancellor, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Prof. Dr. Khalid Masud Gondal Vice-Chancellor, King Edward Medical University, Lahore, Prof. Dr. Niaz Ahmad Akhtar, Prof. Dr. Talat Naseer Pasha, Vice-Chancellor, University of Education, Lahore, Dr. Naeem Tariq, Rector, Virtual University of Pakistan, Lahore, Prof. Dr. Rukhsana David Principal, Kinnaird College for Women, Lahore.