Staff Reporter
SAPM Dr. Sania Nishtar visited National University of Technology (NUTECH) Wednesday for policy consultation with the faculty and undergraduate students from National University of Technology (NUTECH) who had been awarded Ehsaas Undergraduate scholarship last year. At the venue, Dr. Nishtar interacted with students of NUTECH to gain insights on their educational aspirations and key problems being confronted by them. Dr. Hassan Jalil Shah, Advisor Human Resource Division Higher Education Commission (HEC) and Rao Muhammad Azhar, Project Director Ehsaas Undergraduate Scholarship HEC together withRector NUTECH University were also present on the occasion. Overall, 49 eligible students of NUTECH were awarded Ehsaas scholarships in the year 2019-20.
“To make the Ehsaas undergraduate scholarship programme more responsive, the voices of students are critical” said Dr. Nishtar.
Earlier this morning, to oversee the new enrolments of deserving children in Waseela-e-Tasleem (WeT) programme, Dr. Nishtar along with Ehsaas team visited Islamabad Model School for Girls and Mubeen Shah Model School for Boys at Jhangi Syedan in the outskirts of Islamabad. During the visit, she met with the teachers, parents and children. WeT, the education conditional cash transfer programme has been ongoing for the last 8 years.
