Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah has said that a Rs40 million scholarships would be granted to the students of public and private sector universities.
“These scholarships will be awarded on merit-cum-need basis for the students of BS/MS/M.Phil/Ph.D of Public sector universities and for the students of MS/M.Phil/Ph.D of Private sector universities during the current financial year.
He was presiding over a meeting of Sindh HEC and vice chancellor of Public Universities here at the CM House.
The ceremony was attended by Sr Advisor for U&B Nisar Khuhro, Minister Local Nasir Shah, Chairman HEC Dr Asim, PSCM Sajid Jamal Abro, vice chancellors of public sector universities and other concerned officials.
In the simple ceremony, the chief minister distributed cheques Rs25 million among five universities of rural areas to establish Information Technology Labs.
The chief minister on the recommendation of the provincial Higher Education Commission (HEC) distributed Rs25 million among five public sector universities of rural areas at a rate of Rs5 million each for establishment of IT labs.
These universities include Shaikh Ayaz University, Shikarpur, Begum Nusrat Bhutto Women University, Sukkur, Benazir Bhutto Shaheed University of Technology and Skill Development, Khairpur, Government College University, Hyderabad and Benazir Bhutto Shaheed University Lyari, Karachi.
Mr Shah also distributed cheques Rs45.7 million 26 research projects of faculty members of the universities as follows: University of Sindh Jamshoro.
University of Karachi, NED University, Karachi. Mehran University Jamshoro, Dow University, Liaquat Medical University, Jamshoro. Shah Abdul Latif University, Khairpur.
Sukkur IBA University, Begum Nusrat Bhutto University, Sukkur. Government College University, Hyderabad.
The chief minister said that smart class in a university is an innovative concept in education. In this environment e-learning and online education was the need of this time.
