Scientific Textbooks in Urdu
HEC to produce scientific textbooks in Urdu
Friday October 08, 2004 (1422 PST)
ISLAMABAD, October 09 (Online): The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has approved a scheme regarding production of Scientific Text Books in Urdu for Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology Karachi. For the purpose an amount about Rs 35 million, approved by the Departmental Development Working Party (DDWP) of HEC in its recent meeting, would be provided to the university within this fiscal year.
The scheme aims at promoting teaching training and research activities in National Language by producing 90 textbooks, within the current academic year. The books would be produced for the level of higher education in the fields of science, technology including arts, commerce, law and education to meet the immediate needs of the students of Federal Urdu University. The scheme further aims at imparting quality education at affordable fees so that higher education could be made available to the youth of lower income class, which is a large portion of the total population of the country.
It is hoped that through the scheme trained human resources in the latest specialized fields, creating in depth vision and understanding about the science subjects would be produced in national language for the students and scholars of the university. The scheme would also provide financial and technical incentives to those scholars who want to write in their national language for spreading knowledge of science and technology.
Production and revision of these textbooks would be followed as continuous process.
As a result of implementation of the scheme research base of the university, high learning institutes would not only be strengthened but these books would play a major role in the implementation of national language in all spheres of the life also.
Source of earning foreign exchange through exporting the books, would also be possible, where Urdu is popular language. The nation would be benefited by the talents of low income youth group which otherwise are being wasted.
Research material for basic and applied sciences would be available to masses for exploitation of local resources. So efficiency of the education system would be enhanced using national language as the medium of instruction.
http://paktribune.com/news/index.php?id=79934
Friday October 08, 2004 (1422 PST)
ISLAMABAD, October 09 (Online): The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has approved a scheme regarding production of Scientific Text Books in Urdu for Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology Karachi. For the purpose an amount about Rs 35 million, approved by the Departmental Development Working Party (DDWP) of HEC in its recent meeting, would be provided to the university within this fiscal year.
The scheme aims at promoting teaching training and research activities in National Language by producing 90 textbooks, within the current academic year. The books would be produced for the level of higher education in the fields of science, technology including arts, commerce, law and education to meet the immediate needs of the students of Federal Urdu University. The scheme further aims at imparting quality education at affordable fees so that higher education could be made available to the youth of lower income class, which is a large portion of the total population of the country.
It is hoped that through the scheme trained human resources in the latest specialized fields, creating in depth vision and understanding about the science subjects would be produced in national language for the students and scholars of the university. The scheme would also provide financial and technical incentives to those scholars who want to write in their national language for spreading knowledge of science and technology.
Production and revision of these textbooks would be followed as continuous process.
As a result of implementation of the scheme research base of the university, high learning institutes would not only be strengthened but these books would play a major role in the implementation of national language in all spheres of the life also.
Source of earning foreign exchange through exporting the books, would also be possible, where Urdu is popular language. The nation would be benefited by the talents of low income youth group which otherwise are being wasted.
Research material for basic and applied sciences would be available to masses for exploitation of local resources. So efficiency of the education system would be enhanced using national language as the medium of instruction.
http://paktribune.com/news/index.php?id=79934
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