Our Correspondent
Sargodha
National and international educationists recommended resetting educational goals for transformative education by bridging gap between the latest research with practices, revisiting curricula, adopting latest teaching skills and approaches, instill commitment and inculcate values among teachers and students for establishing a sustainable society.
A consensus on this was developed during the international online conference on ‘Educational Sciences and Research’, concluded at the Sargodha University on Friday. The conference hosted by the university’s Department of Education under the theme of ‘Education for Sustainable Society’ brought together leading academic scientists, professors, researchers, students and research scholars to exchange and share their experiences and research results about all aspects of pedagogical and educational sciences.
Scholars and faculty also suggested that a values-based education system should be developed to bring about a positive change in society. The conference was aimed at highlighting global innovations and trends in education for transforming a society into a sustainable one. It also highlighted the existing practices and future challenges in the field of academic research.
In addition to an inaugural and concluding session, ten concurrent academic sessions were arranged in which scholars presented about 90 research papers with an attempt to generate a scholarly debate and a productive deliberation on revamping education for sustainable future.
In total, over 100 participants took part in this conference from across Pakistan and abroad, including Dr Paul A. Asunda from US, Dr Peter Charles Taylor from Australia, Former Vice Rector FC College Lahore Dr Cusrow J. Dubash, Dean Faculty of Social Sciences NUML Dr Shahid Siddiqui, Director Institute of Education and Research Punjab University Dr Rafaqat Ali Akbar.
