PESHAWAR
\nScholarship Award Distribution Ceremony under the Chief Minister Education Endowment Fund (CMEEF), was held here at Chief Minister\u2019s House Peshawar on Wednesday with Chief Min
\nister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Sardar Ali Amin Khan Gandapur as a chief guest. Provincial minister for higher education Meena Khan Afridi, MNA Shahid Khan Khattak, relevant high ups of higher education department and other concerned officials attended the ceremony.
\nThe Chief Minister on this occasion, distributed scholarship certificates among 65 deserving and talented students for graduate and undergraduate programs.
\nBriefing the participants about the scholarships so far awarded under Chief Minister Education Endowment Fund, it was informed that the fund was established in 2014 with seed amount of Rs. 940 million, under which, a total of 444 scholarships worth Rs. 546.47 million have been awarded till date.
\nAccording to the details, 107 graduate scholarships with the cost of Rs. 47 million and 327 undergraduate scholarships worth Rs. 302 million, have been awarded in the approved leading national institutes. Similarly, 3 MS and 7 PHD scholarships worth Rs. 197.47 million, have been awarded in the top universities of the world.
\nAddressing the ceremony, the chief minister congratulated the students awarded with scholarship certificates, and hoped that they will move forward with more dedication and hard work and play well at their part in making the name of the nation bright at international level.
\nThe chief minister on this occasion, has announced to increase the seed amount of the endowment fund from Rs 940 million to Rs 2.00 billion aimed at awarding more scholarships as well as supporting the orphan students in the province.
\nHe also announced to allocate funds in the upcoming provincial budget for supporting the talented students who are interested in studying abroad, but unable to afford it due to their poor financial conditions.
\nThe chief minister said that we are proud of our talented and hardworking youth; and we will go all out to enable them to stand on their own feet.
\nHe said that education is the top most priority of his government and all possible steps would be taken for strengthening the higher education sector in the province. \u201cPTI government from the day first, envisaged a system that is based on merit and transparency, on which we have never compromised or will do in the future.
\nHe asked the students to work hard and stick to their goals, and the government will extend its all-out support to them. \u201cBow down to your Lord the almighty, you will not need to bow down to anyone else\u201d, he urged upon students and added that making Pakistan a great country, that had dreamt by Allama Iqbal, is our shared responsibility, for which, we all have to play our respective role in an efficient manner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
PESHAWAR Scholarship Award Distribution Ceremony under the Chief Minister Education Endowment Fund (CMEEF), was held here at Chief Minister\u2019s House Peshawar on Wednesday with Chief Min ister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Sardar Ali Amin Khan Gandapur as a chief guest. Provincial minister for higher education Meena Khan Afridi, MNA Shahid Khan Khattak, relevant high ups of higher […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":408688,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-408662","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n