Microsoft Pakistan and the Higher
Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan, as part of
their Educational Alliance Agreement have announced at the ‘Launch of Student
Advantage Program’ that the
Office 365 services are available for free for students who are enrolled at Higher
Education Institutions in Pakistan.
The
Educational Alliance Agreement between HEC and Microsoft has been a remarkable
initiative which has delivered promising values and advantages to students, faculty
and staff at universities across Pakistan for the past five years.
The objective of this alliance is to deliver programs that provide access to the
latest Microsoft software products, trainings & workshops given by trained
Microsoft staff and community, opportunities to participate in global
technology competitions, content for curriculum design, staff technical
training, faculty connection & other global Microsoft programs as well as
material for developing teaching content.
Taking this
collaboration one step further, Higher Education Commission, Pakistan and
Microsoft are partnering with Techaccess Pakistan to introduce ‘Office 365 Services’
to Pakistan’s educational system. Office 365 will allow students to install the
latest Genuine Microsoft Office products on up to 5 PC’s or Mac’s and 5 Windows
tablets including Office Apps on mobile devices. The services also include 1TB
of OneDrive storage; in addition, they will also have access to state-of-the-art
social networking services which include Skype for Business, Exchange, Yammer
and SharePoint.
At the
announcement Nadeem Malik, Country Manager, Microsoft Pakistan, opined, “As
part of our continuing efforts, the Office 365 services will be available for
free to students who are attending academic institutions within Pakistan. The
aim of this initiative is to provide Office 365 solutions to 156 Pakistani
universities and other educational institutes. Soon, every faculty member,
working with any HEC-recognized educational institute, will be using the latest
Office 365 technology. This will not only help us promote effectiveness, but
will also encourage transparency, a much-needed factor for Pakistan 's education sector to
imprint a strong academic foothold on the globe and help us revolutionize our
nation's education sector.”
Further
Abid Zaidi, Country Enterprise & Partner Group Director Microsoft Pakistan added,
“Students and teachers will be able to work together securely in new and
exciting ways to accomplish more in the cloud. Office 365 will give them the
flexibility to work in online versions of the familiar Office applications that
we have all come to depend on.” he added.
Anwar Amjad, Director General
(IT) of the HEC said, “Providing an enabling environment to the academic
community of the country has been at the forefront of HEC’s vision since
inception. At HEC our goal is to provide an encouraging environment for quality
education. We are very pleased to see that the Educational Alliance Agreement
between HEC and Microsoft is empowering young people by providing access to
technology and helping in skills development and training, improving education
and also giving young people tools to support their learning.”
Among the
numerous guests and notable personalities were Prof. Dr. Mukhtar Ahmed,
Chairman HEC, Prof. Dr. Mansoor Akbar Kundi, Executive Director HEC along-with Mr.
Jibran Jamshad, Enterprise Technology Strategist, Microsoft Pakistan and Mr.
Malik Imran, VP of Tachaccess Pakistan.
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