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PU IER to organize ICORE-2019
PU IER to organize ICORE-2019


LAHORE: (Monday, November 18, 2019): Punjab University Institute of Education and Research (IER) will organize three-day 7th international conference on Research in Education (ICORE-2019) with the theme of “Teacher Education: 21st Century Challenges”. In this regard an opening ceremony will be held on Tuesday (today) at 10:30am at Faisal Auditorium. In a statement, IER Director Prof Dr Rafaqat Ali Akbar said that the conference would be attended by the PU Vice Chancellor Prof Niaz Ahmad Akhter, delegates from USA, UK, Philippine, KSA, France, Malaysia, Australia, Hong Kong, Ireland and New Zealand, researchers, teacher educators, teachers, practitioners, social scientists and professionals around the world would participate in the event. He said that the researchers are participating for presentation of research based knowledge, experiences, new advancements, research results and innovations in the field of education. He said that in the conference, about 150 research papers by national and international experts would be presented and about 1000 participants across the country are expected to participate. The conference would contribute to achieve national and international educational goals and targets, he added.