GIKI, SF sign MoU to scholarship to girls students

F.P. Report

SWABI: Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology and Speaks Foundation on Thursday have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to provide scholarship to the female students belong to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

The scholarship is for four years undergraduate program and only those students would be entitled who qualify the GIK Institute entry test but due to financial constrains could not pay the fee to acquire higher education.

The Speaks Foundation is a United Kingdom-based Charity organization provides scholarships in medical and engineering fields to KP female students, who do not have the financial resources to afford expenditures of university education, but demonstrated high academic capability, intellectual curiosity and passion for learning.

Ms. Ana Castro, founder trustee of the Foundation expressed confidence that the number of scholarships and interaction with GIK Institute will increase in future. She said that the Foundation stands committed not only to support the students financially but also in any other aspect that become relevant to their academic and professional performance.

She expressed interest in bringing professionals in touch with female students through webinars. She opined that the Foundation and Sarmayacar, a venture capital fund launched by one of trustees of the Foundation, could have a joint venture to sponsor GIK Institute scholars in launching productive ideas in the start-up world.

Mr. Jehangir Bashar, Rector GIK Institute lauded the Foundation noble initiative and briefed the visiting team about various scholarships and loan schemes available for the Institute students. About 30 percent students of the GIK Institute are recipients of financial support for their studies.

He said that about 12 percent of GIK Institute revenue is distributed amongst the needy students under financial assistance program. The provincial governments, GIK Institute Alumni Association, private organizations and philanthropists have also provided scholarships to a number of GIK Institute students.” We are proud over the scholarship culture of GIK Institute,” he said.