PM Imran to give Ehsaas Undergraduate Scholarships today

Islamabad: Prime Minister Imran Khan will give away need based Ehsaas undergraduate scholarships to the first batch of deserving bright students today.

According to Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety Division, twenty-four billion rupees would be spent on this four year programme to support two hundred thousand students, half of them girls, from low income backgrounds.

As part of the Ehsaas scholarships policy, two percent scholarships will be exclusively awarded to students with special needs.

Overall, fifty thousand scholarships will be given every year to enhance financial access to higher education for the deserving students.

The continuation of scholarship in following years will depend upon the maintenance of academic performance.

The need- and merit-based scholarship covers tuition fee as well as a living stipend. The scheme's objective was to ensure that no eligible student was deprived of higher education due to financial constraints.

The government’s flagship anti-poverty Ehsaas Programme marked a historic shift in scholarship policy by targeting undergraduate education since grants in the past supported Masters- and Doctorate-level programmes.