When the PI opened in September of 2001, there was no Bu Hasa Building and no Independent Learning Center. Now, over five years later, we have a busy learning center crowded with motivated students ready to develop their academic skills and language proficiency “by themselves” and “on their own”. This is the meaning of the ILC at its best.

While the classroom is the place for instructional guidance and support from your teachers, the ILC is the place to find materials that support not just English but the other disciplines of math and science. Using the resources such as the reference books, the DVDs, the videos, the students can pursue deeper interests in the various subjects that concern them.

I encourage you all to discover the true meaning and benefit of the ILC on your own, by using its facilities and exploring the broader world it makes available to you.

John Herlihy
Director, Foundation Program

Hello!

I'd like to welcome you all to the ILC. ILC is short for 'Independent Learning Centre'. In fact very few of us are actually independent learners. Most of us need support and guidance to get started on our studies and to know what we need to study in order to improve our language learning skills. In the ILC we will try to give you the kind of help you need to help yourselves.

See you in the ILC!