A serene ceremony to distribute scholarship cheques was held at Shaikh Ayaz Auditorium, Arts Faculty Building, University of Sindh, Jamshoro.
The ceremony was organised by Students Financial Aid Office of the varsity. As per details provided by Professor Dr Hakim Ali Mahesar, Director, SFAO, the scholarship cheques were given away to 171 female and 328 male students respectively at Allama I.I. Kazi Campus, Jamshoro, 6 female and 9 male students of Laar Campus, Badin, 3 female and 12 male students of Larkana Campus, 5 female and 10 male students of Thatta Campus, 4 female and 11 male students of Bhitt Shah Campus, 6 female and 9 male students of Syed Allahando Shah Campus, Naushahro Feroze, 2 female and 13 male students of Mirpurkhas Campus and 11 female and 4 male students of Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Campus, Dadu.
This way, approximately, 611 cheques were distributed among 208 female and 403 male students.
These cheques had been awarded under Higher Education Commission, Islamabad Merit-Cum-Need Based Scholarship Program for batch 2015. Each individual cheque amounted to rupees 48 thousand; whereas, the total amount of cheques given in the ceremony added up to rupees 9.3 million. Professor Dr Muhammad Siddique Kalhoro, Vice-Chancellor, University of Sindh was the Chief Guest on this occasion.
Dr Kalhoro, in his remarks on this occasion observed that it was not the only financial assistance option for students of University of Sindh. He informed that there were many more options available to the needy yet meritorious students at the Varsity.
The leading among them were Government of Sindh Merit scholarship, MORA scholarship and Need-cum-Merit scholarship by each district government in Sindh. Dr Kalhoro further observed that it was heartening to see steady and constant swell in the number of admissions at the University; which he attributed to the fast improving academic standards at the Varsity.
He said that more than 250 foreign PhD teachers and a sizeable number of local PhD faculty were actively engaged in imparting quality education to the students of the university. Such a huge number of highly qualified faculty made a significant positive difference in the quality of teaching and learning, he observed.
Dr Kalhoro impressed upon the cheque recipients also to guide their novice counterparts in the context by educating them on the scholarship availability and acquisition process.
Dr Kalhoro said that the students of University of Sindh had been proving their mettle in curricular, co-curricular and extra-curricular fronts with equal degree of zeal, zest and fervour. He thanked Higher Education Commission, Islamabad for enhancing the scholarship grants from rupees 60 million (previous year) to rupees 7.5 million for the current year. Jawed Memon, Director, HEC Regional Centre, Karachi also spoke on this occasion.