Scholarships for minority students announced
- September 15, 2013, 3:31 pm
- Education News
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ISLAMABAD, Sep 15 (APP): The Ministry of Religious Affairs and
Interfaith Harmony has announced scholarship programme 2013-14 for deserving regular students of minority community studying in various government institutions of the country.
According to an official of the Ministry, the aspirants of Hindu,
Sikh, Christian, Buddhists and Mirzai, etc community students have been directed to submit their applications by October 14, 2013 to the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony, Green Trust Tower, Eighth Storey, Blue Area, Islamabad.
He said, the regular students of government run educational institutions
having secured at least 50 percent marks in last examination have been declared as eligible for submitting the application.
Likewise, the monthly income of the parents/ guardians of school
level applicants must not exceed from Rs 5000 per month. And the income of parents of higher class students should not cross Rs 10,000 per month.
Orphans, destitute, needy and poor students, having good educational
record would be eligible for submitting application for getting the scholarship, he said.
The head of the educational institution of an applicant has been
directed to check the veracity of the claim of monthly income of the guardian of the student. The attested marks sheet, progress report must be attached with the application form. Mark sheet on plain paper would be rejected.
The application must be submitted through the head of respective
school, college or university alongwith a covering letter. The students already getting scholarship from any other source would not be eligible for submitting application.
The students must attach attested copies of Computerised National
Identity Cards (CNIC) or form B, email address, phone number. The application forms could be downloaded from www.ppra.org.pk.
