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Allama Iqbal Open University announces free education for transgenders
Tue, October 03, 2017
Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) has announced to provide free education for transgenders across the country.
The university, that offers distance learning, will offer education from metric to PhD as well as vocational training to transgenders without any charges. The students will be able to choose any subject they wish to study.
AIOU Vice-Chancellor Shahid Siddiqui told DawnNews that the university aims to educate and train transgenders so that they can play a productive role in society.
"There are a lot of stigmas in our society due to which transgenders are shunned by society," he said. "By offering them free education and training, we hope to make them a part of mainstream society."
"They will receive education like any other student," he said.
Siddiqui said that all regional centres of the university had started to receive applications from candidates.
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