HEC renews education transformation agreement with Microsoft
ISLAMABAD, FEB 18: Microsoft Pakistan and Higher education
commission (HEC) has signed an Education Transformation Agreement (ETA) at a
virtual meeting held between Dr. Tariq Banuri, Chairman, HEC, Mark East, Vice
President Education, Microsoft, Europe Middle East & Africa and other key
executives from both sides to help academic institutions leverage new technologies
in the learning process.
There are multiple programs that are part of this framework
impacting student and faculties' academic lifecycle. Programs such as the
Student Hackathon, focused Technology boot camps, Imagine Cup and multiple
online training sessions for 200+ institutions across the country directly help
with technology adoption and help build the workforce for the future.
During Pandemic, HEC has been providing remote learning
solutions to drive continuity for academic activities in universities. To
support the same initiative, Microsoft collaborated with HEC to bring more than
100 universities and 500,000 plus students to a digital hub of Microsoft
Teams that brings conversations content,
assignments, and apps together at one place, letting educators create vibrant
learning environments.
Microsoft Teams platform also works well with Moodle, which
most universities use as their Learning Management System. Microsoft Teams has
also recently introduced new features that allow the faculty to take online
exams in a secure environment enabling teaching faculty to conduct online
assessments and create quizzes with ease to minimize chances of errors.
Through this agreement, Microsoft's cloud computing
platform, Azure, will be accessible to
the Universities and will provide the ability to transform their IT
infrastructure with the latest cloud offerings, manage their cyber security
through cloud-native SIEM, build their high performance research clusters that
are resilient and scale when needed, host their learning management solutions
and innovate their on-premise applications using the platform's easy-to-use
Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning capabilities.
Microsoft will also provide consultancy to universities to
adopt Microsoft Dynamics 365 platform for their Finance & Operations and
Campus Management solution requirements. It is a robust, feature-rich platform
to help universities, colleges, and educational organizations in to moving
their core administrative & IT functions to the next generation Microsoft
technologies ensuring the best outcomes for students with a 360-degree view of
students and activities by providing the right services and support at the
right time.
Dr. Tariq Banuri, Chairman HEC, shared his thoughts during
virtual session “COVID Pandemic has brought many challenges for Educational
sector in Pakistan but with the help of Microsoft we have successfully turn
them into Opportunity and embark on the journey to transform education system
through digitalization. ETA with Microsoft depicts our commitments to gearing
towards revolutionizing the learning process with number of initiatives. These
interventions will introduce modern technological tools to enhance faculty to
student interaction at all level and provide easy access to knowledge. This
cooperation has long way to go till the fulfillment of Digital Pakistan
vision.”
“We have seen how this new normal has completely changed the way we interact with technology. We are witnessing the rise of remote and blended learning solutions by integrating technology in way we teach and educate. “says Jibran Jamshad, Education Lead for Microsoft Pakistan “With Microsoft 365, Azure and our productivity suite including Microsoft Teams, institutions can keep up with the rapid pace of innovation and design classrooms that foster innovation and inspire students to achieve more”, Jibran added.
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