Pakistan Announces 300 scholarships to students of Bangladesh

To strengthen education and cultural relations between the two countries, the government of Pakistan has expressed its intention to provide 300 scholarships to students of Bangladesh. This campaign is under the Pakistan-Bangladesh Friendship Scholarship Program aimed at enhancing diplomatic relations with scholarships. The scholarships can be taken up for study in almost any discipline in some of the best universities in Pakistan.

Main Facts and Features of the Scholarship Program

The announced scholarships during a meeting held on Thursday at the Ministry of Education will be available to the deserving Bangladeshi students in different fields of study. These are engineering, natural sciences, social sciences, and medicine among others. It also closely contributes a lot to reinforcing empathy between the people of the two nations as per the people to people contact improvement initiative. The scholarships shall be administered by a group of premier universities in the country, meaning that the students will have a tendency of studying at some of the well established universities in the nation.

Fields of Study Offered

The scholarship is boundless hence allows Bangladeshi students to focus and excel in almost any area of their interest. Some disciplines available under this scholarship include:

Engineering and Technology
Basic and Natural Sciences
Medicine and Allied Health Sciences
Social Sciences
Arts and Humanities
Architecture and Fine Arts
Business Education
Computer Science and IT
Agricultural Sciences
Studying Media and Communications
Languages

Participating Pakistani Universities

The scholarships shall be available at some of the best universities in Pakistan that will boast of an exemplary academic record. Some of the leading institutions participating in the program include:

Principle Objectives of Pakistan Bangladesh Friendship Scholarship Program Included.

The initiative is not merely an educational exchange; it is quite diplomatically oriented to revive the historical relation between Pakistan and Bangladesh. But by offering such scholarships, Pakistan intends to strengthen academic cooperation but also increase friendly relations between Pakistanis and Americans.

1. Promoting Regional Cooperation:

The scholarships are aimed at increasing educational collaboration between Pakistan and Bangladesh so that students can study in Pakistan freely in the best universities or colleges.

2. Expanding Academic Opportunities:

The fields that are open for the students include a wide rang that will enable the Bangladeshi students to have academic and professional jobs in emerging and crucial sectors.

3. Enhancing Diplomatic Relations:

Education is understood as a driver of diplomacy, and here is how Pakistan is employing educational diplomacy in order to foster long-lasting regional stability – this scholarship program.

Future Plans and Outreach

At the meeting chaired by Mohyuddin Ahmad Wani, Secretary of Education, another consideration was made about how the call for applicants could be disseminated to the population of Bangladesh. The government’s intention is to launch educational expos, seminars, and road-shows in Bangladesh with local universities. Such steps will guarantee the outreach of the scholarships and would encourage many students to try their luck.

Also, an online portal will be developed to enhance the application of the scholarships and information concerning the scholarships.

Importance of Educational Diplomacy

It gives a paramount importance in fostering international relations in the field of education. According to the HEC Executive Director Prof. Dr. Ziaul Qayyum, these scholarships do more than offer study places, they foster goodwill between Pakistan and Bangladesh over the years. He urged the participating universities to fast-track all paperwork relating to the disbursal of scholarships, fees exemptions as wells as sponsorships.