China Awards 140 Higher Education Scholarships To Pakistani Students
Rukhshan Mir (@rukhshanmir) Published August 19, 2018 | 06:24 PM
ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 19th Aug, 2018 ) :Chinese government has awarded 140 scholarships to Pakistani students providing them an opportunity to obtain higher education from bachelors to PhD from top Chinese universities.
In a ceremony, held here at the Chinese Embassy on the other day, the admission letters for availing the scholarships were handed over to the students.
The students were given scholarships on the recommendations of Ministry of Inter-provincial Coordination (IPC) and Higher Education Commission (HEC).
The event was attended by Chinese Ambassador Yao Jing, Deputy Chief of Mission Lijian Zhao, Executive Director HEC and representative of Ministry of Inter-provincial Coordination.
The students will get education in different fields at various Chinese universities, including Computer Science and Technology, business Administration, Finance, Physical Chemistry, Architecture, Civil Engineering, Broadcasting Communication, International Law, Journalism and others, covering bachelor and masters programmes, PHD and advanced training programmes.
The ambassador while congratulating the winners for the Chinese government scholarship for 2018/2019 academic year, hoped that they would act as goodwill ambassadors of their country while studying in China. They should serve as a bridge to further strengthen the brotherly relationship.
The ambassador hoped that whatsoever they would learn in China would prove to be very useful to future development of Pakistan and their hometowns.
The Chinese government scholarship programme is a government to government undertaking aimed at benefiting all the regions and the students of Pakistan. The students are from all over Pakistan like Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Lahore, Karachi, Quetta and Peshawar, but also from other cities and towns were selected.
Deputy Chief of Mission Lijian Zhao, on this occasion, thanked the ministry of IPC and HEC for cooperation. He congratulated the selected students and said, "You are the lucky people who have been selected for studding in China and asked students to focus on study." He said Holy Prophet Muhamamd (Peace Be Upon Him) had said, "Seek knowledge even if you have to go as far as China. You are lucky as you are following the saying of Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)." He said the government of China is offering large number of scholarships to Pakistani students as compared to other countries in the region.
He said total scholarships offered to Pakistani students this year had reached to 7000.
Deputy Chief of Mission said all the expensive will be borne by the Chinese government. He said presently, various universities, local government and state owned companies are also offering the scholarships to Pakistani students. He said at present, many students are getting education in various disciplines.
Executive Director HEC Arshad Ali and representative of the IPC congratulated the students and urged them to present true image of the country.
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