ISLAMABAD
Prime Minister Imran Khan launched Thursday Scholarship Complaint Portal to address students’ grievances about scholarships.
Speaking at the launching ceremony of the portal, Prime Minister Khan explained the sole purpose of this platform is to facilitate students who desire to pursue higher studies on scholarships and redress their complaints in this regard.
Besides, he said the portal will also ensure transparency and merit in the award of scholarships. Linked with the Prime Minister Citizen Portal, the facility would help the scholarship holders to register their complaints regarding the problems faced by them, besides ensuring the judicious use of the allocated resources.
Currently, the government is spending Rs 28 billion to support the education of the deserving and competent students. The beneficiaries include around 2.6 million students with 72% females.
The prime minister said that a team of academics would constantly oversee the portal and guide the government to grant scholarships in particular subjects keeping in view the needs of the market as well as the country.
He said the government had long been receiving complaints from the students for being neglected or delay in the payment of scholarships which prompted him to introduce a technology-based centralized system for verification and criteria setting of scholarships.
“Through scholarships, we can decided the future course of the country’s development. The purpose of the education system should be the nation building.
