Foreign scholarships: ‘Over 1,000 candidates to be awarded’
Minister lamented that previous government ignored higher education sector and diverted funds to unnecessary projects.
PESHAWAR:
Foreign scholarships for PhD and four-year BS progammes will be given to 1,456 eligible candidates on the basis of merit, said Minister for Higher Education Mushtaq Ahmad Ghani. According to a statement issued on Wednesday, Ghani said the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government led by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) is taking practical steps to promote higher education and modern research to help boost national development. “Rs500 million under the Chief Minister Education Endowment Fund and Rs300 million under the Higher Education Endowment Fund have been allocated by PTI government to achieve the goal,” the statement added, quoting Ghani. The minister lamented that the previous government ignored higher education sector and diverted funds to unnecessary projects.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 12th, 2014.
Foreign scholarships for PhD and four-year BS progammes will be given to 1,456 eligible candidates on the basis of merit, said Minister for Higher Education Mushtaq Ahmad Ghani. According to a statement issued on Wednesday, Ghani said the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government led by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) is taking practical steps to promote higher education and modern research to help boost national development. “Rs500 million under the Chief Minister Education Endowment Fund and Rs300 million under the Higher Education Endowment Fund have been allocated by PTI government to achieve the goal,” the statement added, quoting Ghani. The minister lamented that the previous government ignored higher education sector and diverted funds to unnecessary projects.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 12th, 2014.