Ministry sets up education fund for expats children

Islamabad : The Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development (OP&HRD) has established Overseas Pakistanis Education Fund (OPEF) to provide financial assistance to the children of expatriates studying in various educational institutions across the country.The fund was set up in the Overseas Pakistanis Foundation (OPF) on the instruction of Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on OP&HRD Sayed Zulfikar Abbas Bukhari who is cognizant of the financial constraints faced by the Pakistani workers abroad, the official sources in OPF told APP on Monday.The scholarships would be granted in various disciplines including intermediate or equivalent and graduation/masters programme for the year of 2019.The graduation and masters programme comprised MBBS, Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Engineering and MS Programme (18 years of education), the sources added.Explaining the eligibility criteria for applicants, they said, he/she must have minimum 60 per cent marks or a CGPA of 2.5 in his/her last SSC/HSSC Board Exams or Graduation/Masters through an HEC recognised University.According to them, monthly income of parent should not be more than Rs 100,000 and had not availed any other scholarships during the academic year, previously.One of the parents (father/mother) of the applicant must be a registered member of OPF (valid for three years after permanent return). The OPF would reimburse the tuition fee of scholarship holder, they added.

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