PESHAWAR:Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Higher Education Department (HED), Higher Education Regulatory Authority (HERA) and Kohat Division Development Project on Monday inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to providing scholarship to as many as 1230 youngsters from Kohat, Karak and Hangu in technical education courses.
Chief Secretary Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Dr. Shahzad Khan Bangash, Additional Chief Secretary Shahab Ali Shah, Secretary Planning and Development Shah Mehmood Khan, Secretary Higher Education Department Dawood Khan and DG SDU Sohail Khan were also present on the occasion.
On the occasion, the participants were briefed about importance of the programme and informed that under this programme full scholarship covering tuition fee, books, library cost, boarding, accommodation and stipend would be provided to eligible youth for various degree, diploma and certificate courses at a cost of Rs 349 million.
The Higher Education Regulatory Authority (HERA) would facilitate KDDP scholars in the field of Diploma and Certificate Courses in Health, Technical, Mobile and Digital Skills while, Higher Education Department would facilitate the KDDP Scholars in the field of Petroleum and Gas Engineering, Energy and Power Engineering, Health and Nursing.
During the ceremony, the MoU of Higher Education Regulatory Authority was signed by Fazal Qadir and Asmat Ullah Project Director KDDP and Secretary Higher Education Department Dawood Khan and Asmat Ullah Project Director KDDP.
Meanwhile, Dr. Shahzad Khan Bangash appreciated the efforts of the officials of the concerned departments for providing technical education to the students in the education sector.