Chief Minister's Honhaar Scholarship Programme's phase II launched
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Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif on Monday launched phase-II of the Chief Minister Honhar Scholarship Programme.
Under the programme, the government will pay for education of 30,000 students annually and 120,000 students in the next four years.
Speaking at the launch ceremony, Maryam said, “Under this Scholarship Programme, talented students can pursue higher education from the best institutions without worrying about their financial situation.”
She added, “The Punjab government is responsible for paying 100% of the educational expenses of successful students under the programme.”
The chief minister noted at the Honhar Scholarship Programme’s launch ceremony at FAST National University of Computer and Engineering Sciences, “Students of 65 universities, 12 medical and dental colleges and 359 colleges in Punjab are receiving Chief Minister Honhar Scholarships.”
She said, “Students of 68 subjects/disciplines will be able to meet their educational expenses in the form of scholarships under the Programme.” She added, “Students under the age of 22 with a domicile of Punjab will be eligible for the Honhar Scholarship.” She highlighted, “Monthly income of parents of the eligible student should be less than Rs300,000 per month.”
Maryam said, “In order to ensure transparency in the Scholarship Programme, all applications were received and processed through an online portal.” She added, “In addition to the committee of each educational institution, the scrutiny process was also carried out by a provincial-level committee, and the entire process was supervised by a steering committee chaired by the Senior Provincial Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb.”
The chief minister highlighted, “The first ceremony of the Honahar Scholarship Programme was held at the University of Punjab, in which scholarships were awarded to 2473 students, whereas in the 2nd ceremony held at FAST University Islamabad, scholarships will be distributed among a total of 2570 students of Rawalpindi Division.”
She said, “Under the Honahar Scholarship Programme, 1886 students of UET Lahore were awarded scholarships.” She added,”1660 scholarships are for the students of public sector universities, while 637 scholarships are for the students of federal universities, which will be distributed among the students of private sector universities.”