LAHORE:
Thousands of students of public sector universities and colleges may be deprived of benefitting from the Honhaar Scholarships of Punjab government because of a delay in the issuance of their results.
The result card is compulsory to apply for the scholarship scheme by the last date of February 28. According to sources, most of the students whose results have not been declared so far by the universities are of the third to eighth semesters.
The Punjab Higher Education Department has issued a letter to the administrations of the public sector universities, urging them to immediately resolve the issue of the students so that they can apply for the scholarships.
The sources said thousands of university and college students facing delay in the announcement of their results despite wishing to apply for the Honhaar Scholarships of the Punjab government. The government had launched the scholarship scheme to provide financial support to deserving and talented students of the province.
The submission of applications for the Honhaar Scholarships is under way with February 28 set as the deadline.
“We are three sisters studying in universities, while our parents are poor and are struggling hard to pay our fees. I am doing a job to continue my studies so that I can get a degree. The Honhaar Scholarship Scheme has given us hope but our results have not been announced, causing disappointment and worry as the deadline is approaches and the university administrations are not addressing our plight,” said a student of a university, Samra Batool, while speaking to The Express Tribune.
She said her class fellows had also been unable to apply for the scholarships because of the delay in the announcement of results. She alleged that the relevant officials were oblivious if the anxiety of the students as the deadline for the submitting the applications neared.
Officials of the Punjab Higher Education Department also expressed concern over the delay in the results announcements. The department has written a letter to the public sector universities, urging them to immediately announce the results of the students.
A senior official of Punjab Higher Education Department said the attention of the vice chancellors had been drawn towards the issue of delay in the announcement of various semesters’ results affecting the students intending to apply for the Honhaar Scholarship.
The official said submission of the current result along with the previous academic performance was compulsory to apply for scholarships, The delay in the issuance of the results is causing hurdles for the students in applying.
All VCs were advised to facilitate the students applying for the scholarships by announcing the results at the earliest. The college administrations had also been requested through the letter to immediately announce the results in the best interest of the students, the official added. An official of Government College University Lahore also said many students would not be eligible to apply for the scholarships due to the delay.
