“Government will continue to support these scholars despite its limited resources and will do everything in its power to quickly find solutions to their problems,” according to the minister
The Federal Minister for Planning, Development, and Special Initiatives on Thursday gave the finance division immediate instructions to address the problems the scholars were having while pursuing their studies in the United States through the Higher Education Commission‘s US-Pakistan Knowledge Corridor project initiative.
The incumbent planning minister developed the Pakistan-US Knowledge Corridor Project in June 2015 with the goal of enhancing bilateral cooperation in the field of education by the year 2025.
“The government will continue to support these scholars despite its limited resources and will do everything in its power to quickly find solutions to their problems,” according to the minister. HEC briefed the group on the project in detail during the meeting.
According to the executive director of HEC, 410 students have already received scholarships in a variety of fields, including the social sciences, engineering, basic sciences, medicine and allied health sciences, agriculture, veterinary science, computer sciences, emerging technologies, water resources, and energy.
She also told the group that 1,536 people had benefited from the training and that nearly 2,800 applications had been received for the GRE-General Training in 2023. A total of 35 GRE-General Training sessions, including 10 virtual sessions, had been held.
The US-Pakistan Knowledge Corridor initiative’s main goals were to train roughly 1,000 potential applicants annually for university entrance exams like the GRE and TOEFL/IELTS under the “Talent Farming Compo” program, increase the number and quality of faculty in higher education institutions (HEIs), improve the research and academic capacity of Pakistan’s HEIs by providing the trained personnel who will improve the quality of instruction and innovative research.
While reviewing the progress, the planning minister gave the finance division the order to immediately release their debt so they could continue their studies. Officials from HEC, the finance division, and other stakeholders were present at the meeting.