The students will be pursuing a one-year postgraduate degree in a country they have never visited before. “You should all be proud for being selected for the Chevening Scholarship and we welcome you to the Chevening family,” said the British Deputy High Commissioner, Francis Campbell. “Wherever you study in the UK, you will experience a dynamic, vibrant and multicultural society which will warmly welcome you.”
Out of the 300 applicants, three students were selected for the British Chevening Scholarship on the basis of exceptional academic and professional performance. The scholarship covers a total cost of 24,000 pounds per scholar and HSBC Pakistan has contributed towards half the funds for two scholars.
The three deserving students are Shahpura Rizvi, Salamat Ali and Nazia Ali. All three candidates are anxiously waiting for their visas and they hope to depart for the UK at the end of September. Shahpara plans to attend University of Exeter and once she returns from the UK she hopes to work for the government at a policy level. Salamat Ali was awarded the scholarship to attend London School of Economics while Nazia Ali is going to study at the School of Oriental and African Studies.
The British Council’s director for Sindh and Balochistan, Syed Mashhood Rizvi, advised the students that although it would be easier to stay within their own comfort zones and to socialise only with Indians, Bangladeshis and other Pakistanis, it would be wiser to learn about the culture of others from across the globe. “Learn about new cultures and become familiar with the people strengthening them,” said Rizvi. The candidates were urged to make the most out of this once in a lifetime opportunity and become the change that they wish to see in Pakistan.
The British Council said that each year the Chevening programme provides 2,300 new scholarships for postgraduate studies or research at UK institutions of higher education. In Pakistan, scholarships are awarded to Pakistani nationals of high intellectual ability who will play a formative role in Pakistan’s development. The scholarships cover the full cost of study in the UK.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 15th, 2011.
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