Islamabad: The ‘Ehsaas’ Undergraduate Scholarship scheme—a key initiative of the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) and the Higher Education Commission (HEC)—will be launched this month. A Memorandum has already been signed on September 20, 2019 and on Thursday, the project steering committee met to firm up modalities of the joint working.Co-chaired by Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Social Protection and Poverty Alleviation Dr. Sania Nishtar and Chairman HEC Dr. Tariq Banuri, the meeting was called to mutually granularise the eligibility criteria of the said ‘Ehsaas’ sub-project, its standard operating procedures, allocation of scholarships, financial mechanism and communications plan.Article 25-A provides the right to free education from age 5 to 16 years. To provide financial access to education beyond that point, ‘Ehsaas’ is launching the need-based ‘Ehsaas’ undergraduate scholarship programme. Through this, students qualifying for the project will have access to undergraduate education regardless of income, gender, or location. The number of scholarships will be determined based on the budget envelope.Talking about the initiative, Dr. Nishtar said, “The Prime Minister has instructed that the undergraduate scheme should be launched as soon as possible. The government realizes that deprivation to education is the highest contributor in Pakistan’s national multi-dimensional poverty index.
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