Important Achievement

The department of Botany, GC Women University Faisalabad organized one day International online symposium on COVID-19 Pandemic: Impact and Strategies for Education on Thursday August 13, 2020. The session formally started with recitation of Holy Quran and Naat-e-Rasool-e-Maqbool (PBUH). Dr. Abida Kausar, Incharge, Department of Botany welcomed the chief guest, national and international key-note speakers and all the participants. She acknowledged the support of Worthy Vice chancellor in organizing this event. Worthy chief guest Prof. Dr. Muhammad Mukhtar appreciated the efforts of Botany department for arranging a much-needed symposium. He emphasized the importance of wearing a mask and following all SOPs to fight through this pandemic. Dr. Jo-Ann Rolle from University of New York, USA joined the participants and give insight into Effective teaching and learning in the new world economy. She shared her thoughts on how to prepare new generation students, inspire a love of learning and develop global collaborations for successful lifetime learning. Dr. Thomas Pogge from Yale University, New Haven exchanged his mindful thoughts on How to finance innovative ideas. He explained the operation and benefits of Health impact fund, and used it as a reference to suggest a similar education fund must be initiated to provide online quality education to all economic masses, irrespective of their wealth status. Prominent national figure, Prof. Dr. Aslam Adeeb, bring forward the problems faced by educational sector due to the fast-paced shift in teaching method from traditional to online one. He focused on the need to change the mind set and adapt as per the changing trends. He also proposed the new student assessment strategy he devised and implemented on his students. Another national speaker, Prof. Dr. Amer Jamil shared his experience of online-teaching and highlighted the pros and cons of online educational strategies. The honourable Vice Chancellor, Prof. Dr. Robina Farooq extended her heartfelt gratitude to all the speakers and Department of Botany for putting together such a knowledgeable symposium. She shared that GC Women University, Faisalabad is the largest women university of Pakistan and have huge responsibility of providing new insights in education sector. Our university has well-adapted to this new system and trying to eradicate few minor problems that need to be addressed. Pakistan has beaten CONVID-19 pandemic before its 73th Independence Day. She also took this opportunity to wish Independence day to all the nation. The symposium concluded with the vote of Thanks from Coordinator, science and Technology, Ms. Ghazal Suhail.