Islamabad : President Dr Arif Alvi while calling for increasing the component of hybrid education said that universities needed to equip their students with modern IT skills to meet the future security threats arising out of cyber warfare.
President expressed these views at a briefing on the Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS), Islamabad, Wednesday.
Rector PIEAS, Dr Nasir Majeed Mirza briefed the President about the performance and role of the Institute in promoting professional education in the country.
He informed that PIEAS was a degree-awarding university and was conducting academic and training programmes in various disciplines.
Highlighting the importance of research and development, the President urged the universities to broaden the spectrum of research and focus on the intellectual development of students to meet the current-day’s challenges.
He asked the management of the Institute to increase the number of students that would help strengthen the country.
He also emphasised the need to develop international collaborations with universities of good repute so as to benefit of their expertise and research.
