40 deserving Pakistani undergraduate students whose families had suffered tremendous loss due to last year’s floods received scholarships from Prof. Dr. Khalid Mahmood, vice chancellor of the University of the Punjab, and Aaysha Ikram, director general for human resource development of the Higher Education Commission in Lahore. The best news is that the US awards scholarships to 40 Pakistani students in Punjab.
US awards scholarships to 40 Pakistani students in Punjab
With the aid of these financial aid packages, which USAID’s Merit and Needs-based Scholarship Programme (MNBSP) made possible, the students will be able to complete their degrees at seven Punjabi universities. Higher education, according to Consul General Hawkins, enables students from all socioeconomic backgrounds to have the knowledge and skills essential to compete and thrive in the twenty-first century. We are pleased to assist these talented students in completing their courses so they can work towards their individual and professional objectives as Pakistan’s future leaders.
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The MNBSP reserves half of its scholarships for female students, according to Aaysha Ikram, director general of the HEC for Human Resource Development, who also complimented the United States for supporting higher education in Pakistan. She claims that the US government’s investments in higher education have left a positive legacy that spans 75 years.
Thanks to the USAID-funded MNBSP, a partnership between the HEC and 30 universities in Pakistan, students who want to pursue degrees at specific Pakistani universities can do so. The scholarships cover tuition, housing, and textbook costs in addition to providing a meal stipend. Since 2004, the MNBSP has awarded scholarships to over 6,000 outstanding low-income Pakistani students.
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