ISLAMABAD: Chairman Higher Education Commission (HEC) Dr Mukhtar Ahmed has said that the world is focused on digital transformation, innovation and use of technology in the education sector, in view of contemporary requirements, HEC is helping the universities to adopt smart classrooms, blended education and hybrid systems.

Addressing the closing ceremony of the 7th International Applied Business Research Conference at the International Islamic University, Chairman HEC said, for success in the future, it is necessary that we have to move with the pace of contemporary changes in technology.

Dr Mukhtar Ahmed opined that instead of buildings and models, it is the era of smart university ideology. He said that smart university education has benefited the global education system during the global pandemic.

Chairman HEC said that universities should use cloud computing under the guidance of HEC. He furthered that technology has to be utilized keeping in mind the changes that will take place in the next decades.

Dr. Mukhtar said that the work is going on to utilize a blended learning and hybrid system so that in the future we will not be left behind in the world. He hailed efforts of IIUI for organizing the conference on the most contemporary and important topic and also assured full cooperation.

Speaking on this occasion, IIUI President Dr Hathal Homoud Alotaibi said that the world is travelling and developing at a fast pace due to technology, which includes innovations such as 3D printing, robotics and artificial intelligence after the Internet.

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