ISLAMABAD: International Development Minister for the Scottish Government Neil Gray has introduced to double the collection of scholarships for the Scotland Pakistan Scholarship Scheme for Young Women and Girls administered during the British Council.
The £500,000 further investment will double the collection of college and college scholarships to be had to girls and women within the worst flood-affected spaces, making sure they may be able to proceed their training with minimum disruption, mentioned a news free up of the embassy issued right here on Thursday.
Launched in overdue 2013, the Scotland Pakistan Scholarship Scheme for Young Women and Girls’ objectives to make training on the upper training and secondary stage extra obtainable to underprivileged women throughout Pakistan through offering them with scholarships.
The scheme budget graduate research for Pakistani ladies in any HEC-recognized college throughout Pakistan. This scholarship could also be introduced to younger women on the secondary stage (grades 8-12) offering underprivileged school-going women at secondary stage with scholarships, making sure that their training isn’t hindered because of monetary constraints – a topic this is confronted through nearly all of women in Pakistan.
At the upper training stage, the scheme supplies scholarships within the fields of training, sustainable power, agriculture and meals safety, well being sciences and STEM training (handiest acceptable at Master’s).
According to the state news company, the International Development Minister Neil Gray mentioned: “We know that during a crisis, such as we have seen in Pakistan, the impacts can too often affect women and girls. We hope by doubling the number of school and university scholarships available, this funding for British Council Pakistan will ensure more women and girls can study and help bolster the country’s long term economic recovery.”
Country Director British Council Pakistan Amir Ramzan mentioned: “Since its launch in 2013, these scholarships have allowed talented women and girls from disadvantaged backgrounds to complete their secondary education and pursue bachelors’ and masters’ degrees in fields that are of critical importance to the overall development of the country. The doubling of the amount of scholarships will allow the British Council to continue to empower women and girls who have been affected by the floods and fulfill their aspirations and potential.”
Since it was once first introduced in 2013, over 1400 younger ladies within the universities flow have benefitted from the Scotland Pakistan Scholarship Scheme throughout Pakistan. In the colleges’ flow over 15,000 college youngsters had been supported.
The Scottish Government budget an annual £400,000 scholarship programme for girls and women in Pakistan by means of the British Council Pakistan.
The further £500,000 shall be cut up between college scholarships (£200,000) and college scholarships (£300,000).
