Educationists Appreciate Online Platform "Taleem Do!"

ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 19th Aug, 2018 ) :Educationists have appreciated a citizen reporting mobile app and online platform "Taleem Do!" launched by Alif Ailaan, an education campaign. Alif Ailaan has been working for the last five years to make sure that Pakistan's leaders understand the urgency of the education crisis.

Vice Principal Gedree College (R) Shama Javed said, the appropriate use of mobile technology in education seems to enhance the opportunities of individual as well as group and in cooperative or collaborative work. She said it is a very good initiative to promote education in the country and such initiative should be taken by the government as well.

Head of Department Chemistry (R) Javed Iqbal said, there are some unfortunate areas in the city where the children have no access to schools but through this mobile application, we could fight for education crises and address the education issues in a better way.

According to the latest Pakistan Education Statistics report, there are 22.8 million children who are still out of schools in Pakistan. Moreover, the national average score in subjects like maths and science is below 50 percent as per the National Assessment Test 2016 report.

Every Pakistani child deserves to be in school and have the quality of education. Do the government schools provide that chance to every Pakistani child?� The voice of the people of Pakistan can change this," said Alif Ailaan's campaign director, Mosharraf Zaidi.

Explaining the features of the application, Alif Ailaan's Head of Digital Media Imran Ghazali said, "through this application, the people can report issues, read education-related stories, submit their pledges to support education reforms in Pakistan." The application works both on Android and iOs and gives the user the option to choose urdu or English as the language. The application has been developed for Alif Ailaan by DPL, an Islamabad based software hub comprising of young Pakistani developers.

Ghazali said Alif Ailaan will push the content received through this app on their website and social media networks. Alif Ailaan hopes that in the upcoming general elections, the people will use this app to raise the demand for every single Pakistani child receiving a high-quality education.

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