Ehsaas to launch undergraduate scholarships programme this month

ISLAMABAD, Oct 3 (APP):Ehsaas is all set to launch undergraduate scholarships scheme this month to accommodate deserving students under the directions of Prime Minister Imran Khan of paying special focus on education sector.

According to press release issued on Thursday, Ehsaas has over 130 policies and programmes and this was one of them. The Ehsaas Undergraduate Scholarships scheme was a key initiative of Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) and Higher Education Commission (HEC). A memorandum of agreement has already been signed and today the project steering committee met, to firm up modalities of the joint working.

The meeting was co-chaired by Dr. Sania Nishtar, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Social Protection and Poverty Alleviation and Dr. Tariq Banuri, Chairman, HEC. Ali Raza Bhutta, Secretary BISP; Arshad Mehmood, Additional Secretary Finance; Dr. Fateh Marri, Executive Director, HEC and Dr. Raza Chohan, DG – HEC, Dr. Muhammad Ali, VC Quaid e Azam University & Convener – VCs Committee and Dr. Khalid Mehmood, Sr. Director Complementary Initiatives, BISP also came to the table.

The meeting was called by Dr. Nishtar to mutually granularize the eligibility criteria of the said Ehsaas sub-project, its standard operating procedures, allocation of scholarships, financial mechanism and communications plan.