The club will work under the name of ‘Science for the Society’ on countrywide basis. Professor Dr. Naghmana Rashid, chairperson, Department of Chemistry, AIOU will supervise the club, he made the announcement while speaking at the concluding ceremony of the 3-day national science fair that was organized by the Intel Pakistan.
Under the scheme, the students of AIOU and other educational institutions will be invited to give their projects that could be useful for resolving issues, being faced by the under-privilege sections of the people particularly those living in the rural areas.
The vice-chancellor pointed out that the AIOU would provide all possible academic and financial support to the efforts of overcoming the problems relating to energy, water-shortage, food and health under this club. He also announced that AIOU would hold a summer camp in the federal capital next year for demonstration of the projects that could be considered feasible to address the socio-economic problems.
He announced allocation of Rs. one million for the holding feasibility study of ten projects in the field of Science and Technology this year. Next year this amount would be increased to five millions. The projects would be divided into five categories for research work that will be decided by the Science Club. He invited the students to join this club in order to work together for promotion of science education in the country.
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