Islamabad, Prime Minister’s Fee Reimbursement Scheme for Less Developed Areas of Pakistan has been started and applicants are invited to apply to avail the opportunity. The initiative has been taken by the Federal Government for the purpose of provision of educational opportunities to less developed areas of Balochistan, Gilgit/ Baltistan, Interior Sindh, South Punjab, FATA, Malakand, Kohistan and D.I. Khan areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The tuition fee will be paid under this scheme and those who are getting education in  Masters, M.Phil level programs in the Public Sector Universities of their particular area of domicile while for PhD all Public Sector Universities of Pakistan.
 
The program has been introduced to provide and enhance educational chances to those students who want to pursue their studies at higher level. The opportunities will be provided to needy and poor students who fulfill the merit criteria but their monthly income is not as high to fulfill educational needs and they belong to remote and far flung areas of the country. The fee payment scheme will be provided in a fair and transparent manner under an appropriate system. Under this scheme Federal government will pay tuition fee as well as the other academic, related, or mandatory fees charged by educational institutions on a per semester basis of Masters, MS/ M.Phil and PhD students of selected areas.

The eligible candidate would be able to get the scholarships and the list of students will be collected from Public Sector academic institutions. Students don’t need to send applications. The name of respective students will be sent by the university to HEC.  HEC is responsible to bear the tuition fee (including other academic, incidental, or mandatory fees charged by educational institutions as one-off or on a per semester basis) to university directly.

To apply for the scheme there is not last date to apply as HEC will pay fee till the provision of funds by the Government of Pakistan.

 

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