The Higher Education Commission (HEC) is under scrutiny for either incompetence, weak policies, or possible mismanagement, as 97 students who were sent abroad on scholarships have absconded. These students had traveled to Europe, the USA, the UK, Canada, and Australia for their studies.
Under the guise of various foreign scholarship programs, these students have either disappeared or defaulted, leading to a financial loss of Rs 1.5575 billion.
Specifically, 97 students who were sent abroad on scholarships have vanished. Seventy students from the Overseas Scholarship Phase II program have gone missing after being sent to Europe, the USA, the UK, Canada, and Australia. The HEC spent Rs 830 million on educational expenses for the European scholarship, Rs 74.9 million for students going to the USA, and over Rs 170 million for those heading to the UK. Additionally, Rs 7.7 million was spent on travel expenses for the 70 students.
Moreover, 19 students from the Hardship Phase I Master’s Degree Scholarship program have disappeared, five students from the PhD scholarship program have absconded, and three students from the Fulbright Scholarship program have also gone missing.
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why should they come back? they are source of sending remittances and are serving country.
Or they could be in danger actually. Also what about the other people who were working to get scholarship. Do you think these countries will offer scholarships now?
Ajeeb baat. They are cheats. How can u sponsor cheats
It is not surprising and NOT possible with out support from high level officers from HEC. Perhaps nothing will happen and things will keep on going as usual.
So now HEC will not offer scholarships for study aboard..
??? I think its not the solution
They must find out goodd solution ...
March 2020,
Chairman HEC addressed scholars in Germany and recommend them to stay as Pakistan doesn't have jobs
Give me work visa of even Uganda, Namibia or any other place I will also disappear and never come back. This country only for Housing societies sellers, Black Vigo owners and Software Updaters. I am afraid to live in this country and can not talk about freely.
tau bahir konsi aap ko izzat hai bhai. nafrat kartay hain woh pakistanio aur indians se dewaanagi ki hadd takkk...
In my opinion, scholarship programs are wrong.
These Rs.1.5 billion should have been spent on local universities so that thousands of students could get benefits rather some hundreds.
They do it bcz their country left them to rot . When they complete studies they ll be jobless, unpaid and sad . The so called "EmPlOyErS" will say they either "lack skill" or "overqualified" and still hire them.
This is why they did what they did. When a country puts illiterate losers at top . No educated wanted to stay
We should ask why Chinese, Koreans, Iraqis even vietnamese don't disappear .
I want to get this opportunity