HEC Ehsaas Scholarship

Introduction:

Education beyond intermediate is one of the ways to overcome poverty. However, access to higher education is itself distributed very unevenly. For example, only 0.4% of the children from the lowest income quintile (from the relevant age cohort) are enrolled in higher education institutions, which is far below the national average of 10%. Ehsas scholarships aim to eliminate this source of unequal access.

According to the National Human Development Report 2017, Pakistan is one of the youngest country in the world. Realizing its demographic reality which has a population of around 220 million out of which more than half are of university age cohort, the priority of Government of Pakistan is to work on such programs which give drive to provide access to financially deserving and also encourages gender equity. The strategy is to create opportunities for a sizeable segment of youth to bring them under the net of higher education and create equal education opportunities for all.

Eligibility Criteria:

  • Newly admitted students of Fall 2021 session  in HEC recognized public sector university.

  • Students fulfilling criteria of need and provide authentic information required under the Project’s policy.

  • Admissions secured on merit only. Merit means that the student has fulfilled the admission criteria of the institution in which he/she intends to study.

  • Degree programs allowed by the HEC.

  • Age limit set by institution’s regulations, i.e. the maximum age of the eligibility for the scholarship is the same as the maximum age for applying for admission in undergraduate programs at the HEI.

Required Documents:

A student is required doucments for the scholarship if found:

  1. Availing any other scholarship or continuous grant.
  2. Enrolled in distant learning programs and  affiliated colleges (both public/private ).
  3. Secured admission on self-sustain/ self-support/ self-finance basis, or in evening programs with higher fee structures.
  4. Students of two-year post-higher secondary or equivalent programmes, two-year associate degree programmes, Master’s and the nomenclature of BA/BSc programmes are not eligible for Ehsaas Scholarship.
  5. Students holding associate degrees, if  newly  enrolled in lateral undergraduate  degree program i.e. 5th Semester are also ineligible.

How to Apply:

All students are required to apply through the following HEC Online Application System:

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