Najam Featured in Media on Student-Centered Education
Adil Najam, Dean of the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, was featured in several media outlets following his recent keynote talk on being young in Pakistan at the first AKU Congress of Student Experience at Aga Khan University held in Karachi, Pakistan from November 23-25, 2018.
Najam was featured in a November 26, 2018 article in Urdu Point entitled “Universities Need To Unlearn Their Approach Towards Students.”
From the text of the article:
Dr. Adil Najam, founding dean of the Pardee School of Global Affairs in Boston and former vice-chancellor of LUMS, in his keynote speech “Being Young in Pakistan” spoke about the measures needed to help students achieve their potential.
He noted that most of Pakistan’s youth lacked access to sports facilities, libraries and adequate public transport that enabled them to develop all aspects of their personality.
Najam was also featured in a November 26, 2018 article in The News entitled “The Young In Pakistan Are An Opportunity To Be Nurtured.”
From the text of the article:
In his keynote speech ‘Being Young in Pakistan”, Adil Najam, founding dean of the Pardee School of Global Affairs in Boston and former vice-chancellor of LUMS, also spoke about the measures needed to help students achieve their potential.
Najam emphasised that Pakistan’s “youth bulge” presented it with enormous opportunities as he urged decision-makers to listen to the voices of the young and to engage with them.
“The fact of the matter is that the youth of Pakistan are heard shouting so often because they do not feel that their voice is being heard,” Najam explained. “The young in Pakistan are not a problem to be solved. They are an opportunity to be nurtured. Give them three things: quality education, gainful employment and meaningful engagement and they will give you the world.”
Adil Najam is the inaugural Dean of the Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University and was the former Vice Chancellor of the Lahore University of Managment Sciences, Pakistan. More about him, here.