ISLAMABAD – The Higher Education Commission and Punjab EducationalEndowment Fund have decreased the number of scholarships they’re giving tostudents in Punjab.
They have ended the Chief Minister Merit Scholarship and reduced the numberof PEEF scholarships from 884 to 52. HEC scholarships have been decreasedfrom 601 to 157.
More than 2,000 students of the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad wereaffected with the scholarship cuts.
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“We work hard to get these scholarships, but now our hard work is of nouse,” a UAF student says. He said he was shortlisted for the scholarshiptwice but was not awarded any financial aid.
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UAF Vice-Chancellor Dr Muhammad Ashraf has asked charitable organizationsto help the students. “We will face many problems with the reduction inscholarships.
We request charitable organizations to give us funds so that we cancontinue giving scholarships to students,” he said.
