Only 57 Pakistani students avail EU-funded scholarships

Lahore: The European Union representative in Pakistan has said that out of 3,000 scholarships funded for Asian students in 2016, just 57 of those came from Pakistan as compared to almost 500 from India.

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“This is remarkably less than could be expected, given the size of the country,” said Anne Kofoed, Team lead Education and Governance, European Union Delegation to Pakistan during a workshop organized at the University Of Health Sciences (UHS) on Thursday.

This workshop organized at UHS was part of a series of workshops being organized by the European Union in Pakistan in association along with the Higher Education Commission (HEC).

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These workshops are targeted at raising awareness regarding opportunities offered by the Erasmus Plus programme for Pakistani universities in order to inspire more applications.

Anne said that Erasmus Plus, the higher education programme of the European Union, was now open for applications. She said that February 2nd is the deadline for the aspirants of universities to participate in the credit mobility and capacity building in higher education.