The Ministry of Education has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Telenor Pakistan for the Taleemabad pilot project, which will be implemented in six primary schools and dubbed Taleemabad Model Virtual Schools.
The MoU was signed by Mohyuddin Ahmed Wani, Additional Secretary of the Ministry, and Kamal Ahmed, Chief Corporate Affairs Officer of Telenor Pakistan.
This project, led by Federal Minister for Education and Professional Training Shafqat Mahmood, is in keeping with Prime Minister Imran Khan’s goal of a digital Pakistan.
The ministry hopes to use it to provide impoverished children and schools with high-quality, uniform digital education.
Taleemabad is the first award-winning EdTech platform in the country, offering digital education based on the Single National Curriculum (SNC).
Telenor Pakistan will provide six Model Virtual Schools in the pilot stage with basic IT gear and a digital management learning system for teachers, students, and administration, as well as the tools and skills needed to cope with the new normal.
Minister Mahmood addressed at the signing, praising the agreement as a significant step toward the construction of a digital Pakistan and a digital education system.
He reaffirmed his commitment to making Islamabad’s schools an example for the rest of the country, stating that the program will be expanded to over 400 schools in the federal capital following the pilot stage’s success.
Commenting on the development, Kamal Ahmed said, “With over 23 million out-of-school children across the country, we believe it is our responsibility to innovate and introduce sustainable solutions that enable masses through digitalization and can stand the test of time”.
Furthermore he added, “We are humbled and pleased to have joined hands with the Ministry of Education and Professional Training through the Taleemabad app to bring online the Single National Curriculum and advance together towards the vision of a Digital Pakistan.
Furthering its commitment to reduce inequalities, Telenor Pakistan aims to take digital learning to one million out-of-school children by 2023.”
Minister Mahmood, the SAPM on National Heritage and Culture, Shahzad Nawaz, the Parliamentary Secretary of Education, Wajiha Qamar, and other officials from the ministry and Telenor Pakistan were present at the signing event.
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