ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Education and Professional Training Shafqat Mahmood presided a meeting of Ed-Tech partners on Monday to promote the technology-driven education in the country, said a press release.

The federal minister said that there were many traditional hurdles in the path of education, which could only be dissociated by the use of technology. The federal minister underscored that the public and private sector, today, were required to work together for the noble cause of education.

The federal minister has constituted a committee, under the chair of Additional Secretary Mohiyuddin Ahmed Vani, to thrash out a mechanism and terms of reference to move forward on this plan.

The federal minister also applauded the Ed-Tech companies, who helped the ministry to develop online contents for TeleSchool, adding that the TeleSchool would continue even after the re-opening of schools.

Shafqat Mahmood said that all previous models of "adult education" had been abortive, and now technology-based model was required for the purpose. Likewise, technology-based education program would help online contents development, teachers training program, development of rural area schools and monitoring of teachers and students. Federal Secretary Dr Sajid Yusfani said, due to outbreaks of Covid-19 pandemic and closure of schools, Ed-Tech partners paid their national duty by providing free online contents for TeleSchool in that hour of the need.-PR

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