The Higher Education Commission on Wednesday approved award of indigenous scholarships under the project “PhD Fellowship for 5,000 Scholars” on quota basis as per the federal government policy. The decision was taken at 19th meeting of the National Scholarship Management Committee (NSMC) held here with HEC Executive Director Dr Sohail Naqvi in the chair. The meeting was attended by representatives of the four provincial governments, Planning Commission, Ministry of Science and Technology and HEC officials.
The committee, for the first time, approved award of indigenous scholarships under the project “PhD Fellowship for 5,000 Scholars” on quota basis as per the federal government policy.
As many as 650 scholarships were provisionally awarded in the light of the decision of the ECNEC meeting held on July 29, 2011, which agreed to the HEC’s proposal to award local scholarships on quota basis after the 18th Amendment. The members were told that, being a federal government organisation, the HEC would ensure implementation of quota policy in the award of indigenous and foreign scholarships in future as well. The members appreciated the decision and hoped it would help promote inter-provincial harmony and remove regional disparities.