Says 30,000 students being given scholarships; Punjab govt to set up campuses of major foreign educational institutions in Nawaz Sharif IT City
Chief Minister of Punjab Maryam Nawaz Sharif launched Pakistan’s biggest Honhaar scholarship at Punjab University. She formally inaugurated the Honhaar scholarship scheme by distributing cheques among the students. She also launched an e-portal for Honhaar scholarship scheme.
Students who receive Honhaar scholarships will be able to receive scholarships on the e-portal. She also announced foreign scholarships for students.
She directed to launch laptop scheme for students in January and further directed to undertake steps to provide additional e-bikes to students. A smart police contingent presented a guard of honor to the students getting Honhaar scholarships.
The Chief Minister, addressing the launching of Honhaar scholarship said, “Honhaar scholarship is a recognition of students’ abilities. Giving students a guard of honor recognizes their hard work. Today I am addressing the children not as the Chief Minister but as a mother. No one can be more happier than me today for the children getting scholarships. Students are my foremost priority than their parents.
“I think of every child of Punjab as a mother and not as a CM. Honhaar scholarship marks the start of a bright of children. No child of Punjab will be deprived of education due to lack of financial resources after getting admission in the university.
“I deem education of children as my responsibility more than their parents.”
She said, “70,000 students applied for Honhaar scholarship and 30,000 students are being given scholarships. I do not want even a single day of break in the education of children. That’s why, I ensured implementation of the scholarship scheme within 9 months.”
Education Minister Rana Sikandar Hayat, Secretary Higher Education Dr. Farrukh Naveed worked hard with a great amount of dedication and made the Honhaar Scholarship Scheme successfull. For the first time, the scholarship scheme includes students from private and government universities. Admission of talented students to a good university is my dream and responsibility as well. I felt pleased to hear that 18,000 girl students are among those for are receiving scholarships.
She said, “Students may belong to any party, we will give them Scholarships without any discrimination. Only merit prevails in Punjab, even appointments in district administration and police are being made purely on merit.
The Punjab government will establish campuses of major foreign educational institutions in the Nawaz Sharif IT City. Giving scholarships for foreign universities is quite expensive, but imparting foreign education to our children is our foremost priority. If a child gets admission in a foreign university, then the Punjab government will bear the entire expense.”
She added, “For the first time, we have started internships in different departments at Rs 60,000 per month. It is also our responsibility to provide employment opportunities to the children after getting education. If they work in Pakistan with full energy and ability, then Pakistan will make immense progress. Provincial ministers, Assembly Members, Vice Chancellor Punjab University Dr. Muhammad Ali, Vice Chancellors of other universities, teachers and a large number of students participated in the ceremony.
