National ICT Scholarship Programme 2009 launched

Scholarships for talented students


Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Islamabad



National ICT R&D Fund, Ministry of IT & Telecom, Government of Pakistan fund has launched its National ICT Scholarship Programme 2009 for students of rural/non-metropolitan areas of Pakistan to pursue undergraduate degrees in Information and Communication Technology related disciplines.


This programme by National ICT R&D Fund was initiated in the year 2006 and has been successfully progressing since then with more than 1,000 scholarships awarded until now. This scholarship program provides fully-funded scholarship opportunities to deserving and talented students of F.Sc. From rural/non-metropolitan areas in government schools and colleges across the country. Like previous years, once again in year 2009 National ICT R&D fund will facilitate training of teachers and students to enhance their skills needed to compete and perform well in aptitude based university admission exams.


The aim of this initiative is to provide access to deserving and competent youth from rural marginalised communities to enter the ICT profession, National ICT R&D fund’s objective, through this program, is to develop human resource capacity in ICT related fields and empower the economically challenged groups of citizens.


Source: http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=169080