MULTAN: The Computer-based Training Centres established by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in the law enforcement academies of Pakistan at over 50 locations have imparted training to 42,000 personnel.
While their knowledge gains remained outstanding at 101% as measured through the pre and post-test results. In Punjab, over 15000 police have undergone various training on crime prevention and investigation through UNODC CBT/e-learning platform, completing a total 60,000 hours of the training duration.
In this context, UNODC Pakistan Representative Cesar Guedes visited the newly established e-learning centre at Police Lines in Multan, where an inaugural session of e-learning course was attended by 20 officers of police.
Guedes, while talking to the press, described e-learning programme of UNODC as a success which complemented the traditional training system of police to enhance the personnel’s knowledge in specialised areas along international standards.
“UNODC is currently transforming the training platform from computer-based to a full-scale e-learning- to be available in an online format with the additional features and benefits, thereby ensuring its effective usage by the agencies and programme’s sustainability over a long period,” he added.
He said that within the framework of UNODC Pakistan Country Programme –II (2016-2019), e-learning has been identified as priority assistance towards building the law enforcement capacity so it can meet the security challenges, as well as community expectations.
“The training platform at over 50 locations in law enforcement in the country will, therefore, be upgraded in ‘e-learning’- as the most advanced tool for training and certification for the law enforcement”, Guedes added.
The UNODC’s delegation headed by its representative Cesar Guedes also visited the Police Training Institute Multan where UNODC’s e-learning curricula have been integrated within the formal training system, at various levels, including in Recruits’ Course, Lower School Course, Special Investigation Course, and Police Response Unit Course.
Institute’s Principal SSP Maqsood Ahmad Khan Khichi informed the delegation that over 4000 recruits had completed training on core police functions through the e-learning platform, which culminated in total 16,000 hours of training duration.
