We have a good piece of information for those Pakistani candidates who are looking for scholarships. According to the latest notification, it is to inform all that USAID join hands with HEC. They want to launch funded Merit and Needs-based Scholarship Program (MNBSP). To facilitate the students, USAID introduce IT-based Scholarship Management System in Pakistan. Few days ago, USAID conduct the fruitful meeting with Higher Education Commission officers. Majority of senior educational representative took part in this meeting. However, Executive Director HEC, Dr. Shaista Sohail, Adviser (Coordination) HEC, Awais Ahmad, Director General (Scholarships) HEC, Ayesha Ikram, and USAID Director Education at the US Embassy, Anne Flaker, along with other HEC and USAID officials attended the launching ceremony.
The IT-Based Scholarship management system is a major development in terms of automation of the day-to-day key programmatic operations of MNBSP and its monitoring reporting system for data validity, transparency, and accuracy. USAID has been supporting scholarships for financially disadvantaged, meritorious students for the last 17 years under MNBSP. With the help of this, majority of female students able to enroll in this scholarship. r. Shaista Sohail thanked the Director USAID for launching the expansion program under MNBSP and acknowledged that legacy of HEC’s valuable partnership with USAID span many years. This all happen because of the financially support of USAID.
