376 foreign scholarships awarded to Balochistan students in last seven years; Senate told

ISLAMABAD: A total of 376 foreign scholarships were awarded to Balochistan students of MS/MPhil leading to PhD in last seven years, the Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training told the Senate in a written reply to the question of Senator Muhammad Akram.

Sharing breakup, the Ministry said from out of 376 scholarships, 172 were awarded to PhD students and 204 to the students of MS/MPhil/MPhil leading to PhD.

And 7 foreign scholarships of MS/Mphil/Mphil leading to PhD were awarded in 2011-12; 20 foreign scholarships were awarded to PhD students and 10 scholarships to MS/MPhil/MPhil leading to PhD in 2012-13; 35 scholarships including 18 to PhD students and 17 scholarships were awarded to students of MS/MPhil/MPhil leading to PhD during 2013-14; As many as 33 foreign scholarships were awarded to students including 16 scholarships to MS/MPhil/MPhil leading to PhD and 17 to students of PhD in 2014-15; 66 scholarships were awarded in 2015-16 including 38 to students of MS/MPhil/MPhil leading to PhD students; 51 scholarships had been awarded to students in 2016-17 including 31 to MS/MPhil/MPhil leading to PhD and 20 scholarships to PhD students during the year.

As many as 154 scholarships were conferred to students in 2017-18 including 62 PhD scholarships and 92 MS/MPhil/MPhil leading to PhD.