Times of Islamabad

Indonesia offers huge scholarship programme for the Pakistani students

Indonesia offers huge scholarship programme for the Pakistani students

*ISLAMABAD: *Indonesia on Saturday scholarships for Pakistani students topursue higher education in the south Asian country.

This was decided by the Indonesian embassy. To be provided under theoffered Kemitraan Negara Berkembang (KNB) programme, it will provide anopportunity for local students to pursue post-graduate degrees inIndonesian universities.

Indonesian embassy officials, however, stressed that it is essential forapplicants to meet the eligibility criterion for the KNB Scholarship.

In this regard, they said that the maximum age for an applicant is35-years-old, the applicant must already hold a bachelor’s degree from aHigher Education Commission (HEC) recognized institution, the applicantshould have cleared their TOEFL or IELTS examinations with scores of 80 or6.0 respectively, the applicant must be able to maintain a grade pointaverage (GPA) of 3.0 or higher and must be nominated by the Indonesianembassy.

Students can apply for the KNB 2020 scholarship, offered by the Indonesiangovernment by April 20. – APP / AFP