HEC sends off 36 Gwadar students for Chinese Language Course in Beijing

ISLAMABAD, Oct 10 (APP):The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has sent off the second batch of 36 students — 32 males and four females — from Gwadar for one-year Chinese language course in Beijing Polytechnic University, Beijing, China.
The first batch of 14 students was sent off in March 2018, a press release on Wednesday said.
In 2017, the then Government announced 50 scholarships for Gwadar students in order to meet the local needs emerging owing to the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).
The HEC was entrusted with the task of selecting bright students from Gwadar for award of the scholarships.
The HEC Human Resource Development, Division, with the support of HEC Regional Centre, Karachi, conducted medical check-up of the students and facilitated them in visa processing.
The group of students, who belonged to very ordinary background, reached Islamabad where Mr. Waseem Hashmi Syed, Adviser HRD, HEC conducted an orientation session and explained the purpose of language course.
Expressing their view, the students pledged to live up to the expectations of HEC and their parents.
The CPEC has become a focus of new geopolitical set-up in South Asia. This has necessitated learning of Chinese language so as to produce well-versed workforce. Multinational companies of Chinese origin have started their operations in Pakistan.
The local youth can fill the immediate gap only if they can speak and underhand Chinese language.