The second five-day workshop as part of indigenous on-campus training (IOT) for administrative and non-teaching staff concluded at University of Health Sciences (UHS) here on Friday, amidst rounds of applauses and accolades by the participants. The IOT workshops, comprising five different sessions each week from December 01 to 12, were planned by the UHS Department of Medical Education in collaboration with the Higher Education Commission (HEC), under Modern University Governance Programme.
Dr Amina Ahmad was the focal person and Dr Umaira Ahsan was the co-ordinator of the training. More than 70 staff members of UHS and its affiliated institutions got training in office administration, professionalism and ethics, time and stress management, financial management and effective communication skills, etc. The facilitators included Dr Ihsan-ul-Haq, Dr Ammara Gul, Dr Asad Zaheer, Dr Sidra Saleem, Sajid Ali Nadeem and Muhammad Awais.
HEC Regional Director Nazeer Hussain was the chief guest of the closing session. He said that IOT was a unique opportunity under the auspices of HEC for universities' non-teaching staff and employees to enhance their capacity and productivity. UHS VC Major General Professor Muhammad Aslam (Retd) while welcoming the HEC initiative has said that this would increase effectiveness and lessen the communication gap among different stakeholders within and outside the universities. He said that the training was aimed at improving the efficiency of non-academic staff. Education Advisor, Embassy of Yemen, Muhammad Almas and Deputy Director HEC, Bashir Muhammad, also attended the concluding session. At the end, certificates were distributed among the participants and the facilitators of the workshop.