Punjab govt to award scholarships of Rs 50,000 on getting 90% marks

Lahore, Punjab Government has planned to give educational scholarships to the children of retired and in-service employees. The government has asked those children to submit application forms up to March 31, 2013.

The government has further declared that children of non-gazetted workers can submit their forms in the office of the DCOs while children of gazetted workers can submit forms in the office of the Punjab Benevolent office Lahore.

Moreover, the government has declared that annual scholarships of Rs 50, 000 would be given to those students who will get over 90% marks in their exams.

The Punjab Education Foundation (PEF) is going to deliver free educational services to two lakh poor children in the next five years under its public private partnership program.

The program aims to provide quality education to the economically underprivileged children, particularly the females, who could not continue their studies due to lack of resources and access.

Chairman, Punjab Education Foundation, Raja Anwar expressed this while chairing the district coordination meeting of several schools of northern region which are linked with the PEF under its foundation assisted schools (FAS) program. PEF-DMDs, Director (FAS) Nadeem Masood and other concerned officers were also present on this occasion.

PEF Chairman further said that public private partnership in the field of education was a great support for the poor societies in Punjab and it was proven to breakdown the chains of poverty through quality education.

The foundation is already providing education facility to 13 lakh deserving students in Punjab and 52 percent of them are females.

While highlighting the reputation of sponsoring knowledge-based community for national development, he said that accepting the educational expenses of about 11 lakh deserving students in Punjab indicates its massive achievement and service to the poor. He further revealed that Department for International Development of the United Kingdom will give financial assistance of 70 million pounds for a period of five years to the PEF for advance spreading free educational programs.