ISLAMABAD: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) Friday arranged a two-day employment skills workshop at Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi under the USAID-funded Merit and Needs-Based Scholarship Programme (MNBSP).
The moot helped approximately 70 scholarship recipients prepare for job interviews and develop their resumes.
Dr. Mahmood ul-Hassan Butt, Consultant HEC, sharing his remarks on the occasion said the Higher Education Commission has played a pivotal role in supporting the national goal of human development through its research and development programmes, local and overseas scholarships, and faculty and infrastructure development programmes.
He expressed appreciation for the US government's support for higher education in Pakistan. "USAID-funded Merit and Needs-Based Scholarship Programme is one of the most successful and transparent scholarship programmes in Pakistan," Dr. Butt said.
He added that 2,300 higher education MNBSP scholarships have been distributed so far on the basis of merit, said a news release issued here on Friday.
During the workshop, both female and male MNBSP alumni shared their tips for success with participants. A 2008 MNBSP graduate of the Institute of Management Sciences, Peshawar, Adil Iftikhar Khattak, offered job search advice via video conference from Sydney, Australia, where he now works as an Accountant.
"I could not have achieved this success without the scholarship opportunity. I urge all young people to take full advantage of such prospects, have confidence in themselves, and continue to strive despite any odds," Khattak told the workshop participants.
USAID launched the Merit and Needs-Based Scholarship Programme to give scholarships to educationally high-performing but financially disadvantaged students to pursue their education at leading agriculture, medical, business, engineering, and general universities in Pakistan.
Fifty percent of the scholarships are reserved for female students.
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