ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) has started nine six-month short-term certificate courses in current semester to promote technical and vocational education in the Country.
An official of the university told on Monday, the courses have been launched aimed at helping the government to develop trained manpower of different nature relating to agriculture, poultry farming, art designing and selling of home-made products.
The aspiring students will be enabled to start their small-level of business to earn their livelihood.
The short-courses of technical nature being offered are: Plant protection, oil seed crops production, farm machinery, dairy farming, poultry farming, ‘jadeed zirat’ improved methods of fruit production, home and farm operational management and farm income generating skills.
The curriculum about these courses is being updated to equip their students with latest techniques and methods particularly in the field of agriculture.
The admissions of ‘Postgraduate Diploma’ in five diverse disciplines are also open that include: Gender and Women Studies, Human Resource Management (HRM), Diatec for dieticians and nutrition for Physicians.
