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PU IAP organizes orientation session
PU IAP organizes orientation session


LAHORE: (Wednesday, June 9, 2021): Punjab University Institute of Applied Psychology (IAP) in collaboration with Inter University Consortium for promotion of Social Sciences (IUCPSS), and Media Training and Research Center (MTRC) hosted the orientation session for Teacher’s Training under the Faculty Development Program.

PU VC Prof Dr Niaz Ahmad Akhtar, Pro-VC Prof Dr Muhammad Saleem Mazhar, Dean Faculty of Behavioral Sciences Prof Dr Umbreen Javaid, National Coordinator General IUCPSS Murtaza Noor, CEO MTRC Prof Dr Shahjahan, Dean faculty of Humanities FC College Prof Dr Altaf Ullah Khan and focal person of the faculty development program & Director IAP Prof Dr Rafia Rafique addressed the event.

Prof. Dr. Saleem Mazhar while lauding the efforts of institute of Applied Psychology in pandemic, asserted that its need of the hour that we start recognizing importance of psychology in every domain of life. Mr. Murtaza Noor shared the training plan with the participants whereas Prof. Dr. Shahjahan and Prof. Dr. Altaf Ullah Khan talked through the rationale and aim of this collaboration and teachers training under faculty development program. Dr. Rafia started off by shedding light on the impact of pandemic and lockdown on the education system and the stress faced by students as well as teachers while accommodating to the novel mode of learning. Due to the pandemic situation, this orientation session followed the hybrid mode.

Few of the members of IAP, PU, IUCPSS and MTRC joined in person whereas rest of them virtually joined this orientation session. Similarly, few of the participants including Ms. Iqra Nazar, Mr. Usama Khan, Ms. Rabia Javaid, Ms. Hamna Zahid, Ms. Saleha Javaid, Ms. Mariam Akram and Ms. Zunera Tariq were among the few who joined in person few of the participants virtually attended this orientation session.