Rs7.5 bn reimbursed to 149,695 students of less developed districts

ISLAMABAD, Mar 11 (APP):Under Prime Minister’s Fee Reimbursement Scheme, an amount of Rs7.5 billion has been reimbursed to around 149,695 students belonging to less developed districts of the country.
PM Fee Reimbursement Scheme 2018 is offering its services to almost 114 less developed Districts of Pakistan and around 108,036 students are benefiting from the scheme with scholarships worth around Rs5 billion.
Under this scheme, the students would get waiver of full Tuition fee, Registration Fee, and admission fee, library charges and laboratory charges along with the other educational expenditures.
The Prime Minister has set the list of the specific regions that are eligible for this fee reimbursement scheme and the regions include Baluchistan, Azad Jammu Kashmir, Gilgat Baltistan, FATA, Interior Sindh, and Soutern Punjab.
Meanwhile students from other districts of Punjab including Khushab, Mianwali, Attock, Bhakkar, and that of Khyber Pakthunkhwa including Chitral, Lower Dir, Malakand, Upper dir ,Buner, Swat, Shangla, Malakand, Kohistan, Dera Islmail Khan, Tank, Lakki Marwat, Battgaram, Torghar, Kohat, Karak and Bannu, besides refugees of Azad jamu and khasmir2018 have also been included in the scheme.
The domicile holders of the above mentioned districts are eligible to benefit from the scheme provided that they get admission in the public sector universities recognized by Higher Education Commission located in those less developed areas of the country.
However, the students of PhD hailing from the above mentioned less developed areas of the country can benefit from the scheme by seeking admission in any HEC recognized public sector university in the county.
Talking to APP, Chairperson of the scheme Leila Khan said that PM Fee Reimbursement Scheme was enabling youth and poor segments of society to get stress-free opportunities of higher education, economic empowerment, and acquiring skills needed for lucrative employment.