'Microsoft Campus Connect Day 2022' held to implement ETF, encourage collaboration between educational institutions.

ISLAMABAD -- Microsoft Pakistan Wednesday organized the Campus Connect Day 2022, an Education Transformation Framework initiative that is taken to attain its goal of seamless knowledge transfer through digitalizing the education system and transforming learning practices of higher institutions across Pakistan.

The event was attended by hundreds of academicians, vice chancellors of different universities, faculties, and government officials from both the public and private sectors.

It is worth mentioning here that for over 12 years, Microsoft has been engaging with the Higher Education Commission and institutions across Pakistan to help transform education through the power of technology and this year again the engagements are built upon the four key pillars of the Microsoft Education Transformation Framework (ETF): Student Success, Academic Research, Secure and Connected Campus and Teaching and Learning.

The core objective of this hybrid blended event was to share the programs offered and delivered as part of the ETF and showcase the country's top educational institutions that are diligently learning and implementing Microsoft technologies.

Also, how Microsoft is supporting the institutions in leveraging Microsoft's customized products and services to digitize their core functions. Microsoft classroom features such as 'Microsoft teams' that can help students, faculty, and staff to collaborate digitally.

The benefits of other useful tools and platforms such as Microsoft Azure in Education and Academic Research - a power tool to improve services and reduce overheads at the same time.

The event successfully brought under discussion ways to engage students in a hybrid model environment, access to appropriate devices and learning platforms, technology integration and student well-being, and the impact of continuous professional learning on educators.

The event was also attended by leaders of education across Pakistan including Chairperson, Higher Education Commission, Dr. Shaista Sohail, Microsoft Country Education Lead, Mr. Jibran Jamshed and DG IT Mr. Nazeer Hussain.

While expressing her thoughts, Dr. Shaista Sohail said that 'Education sector is the...