AIOA Meets with the Saadi Foundation

A consultation meeting between Afghanistan International Online Academy (AIOA) and the Saadi Foundation was held at the foundation’s headquarters. Participants included Ustad Abdul Rahim Asadi, the academy’s Director General; Dr Ahmad Saadat, university president; Dr Zohra Noor, Vice President for Student Affairs; Nematullah Nabil, Director General of Planning in the academy’s international affairs office; Dr Sayed Ali Mousavizadeh, the foundation’s Vice President for International Affairs; and Dr Karim Najafi Barzegar, Secretary General of the International Association of Muslim Professors of Universities in the Islamic World. Ustad Asadi thanked the foundation for its invitation and welcomed the association’s secretary general. He highlighted international academic cooperation, the OIC’s role in facilitating education, and the academy’s nine-year history, achievements, strategic programmes and five-year plan. He emphasized strengthening Persian language and literature. Dr Najafi Barzegar thanked the foundation and described the academy’s programmes as vital to overcoming Afghan women’s educational exclusion. He highlighted AIOU’s membership in CINVU and the association of Muslim professors and called for constructive cooperation to strengthen academic and research capacity. Dr Saadat introduced the university’s academic, educational, research and cultural strategy, its bachelor’s and master’s programmes and its international agreements. Dr Mousavizadeh welcomed the delegation, outlined the foundation’s educational programmes and international representation, and introduced cooperation with the university’s Persian language and literature faculty. Main areas of discussion: 1. Joint academic and research work: use international academic capacity to develop the faculty’s educational and research programmes. 2. Academic resources: enable the faculty to draw on the Saadi Foundation’s scholars and resources for practical, skills-based education. 3. Short-term scholarships: the foundation will offer short scholarships to students, graduates of Persian language and literature, and teachers. Publications Office, Afghanistan International Online Academy