An MoU was signed here between PEF and University of the Punjab Lahore

Start time 2024-11-05 00:54
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For the Award of Scholarships, a MoU has been signed between the Faculty of Computing & Information Technology (FCIT), University of the Punjab, Lahore and Professional Education Foundation (PEF)

An MoU has been signed between the Faculty of Computing & Information Technology (FCIT) and Professional Education Foundation (PEF). Prof. Dr. Saleem Mazhar, Pro Vice Chancellor, University of the Punjab and Mr. Jawaid Faruqui, COO PEF signed this agreement in the presence of Prof. Dr. Shahzad Sarwar, Dean FCIT and other executives from both organizations.

Especially, I owe a very warm Thank You to Engr Prof Dr Niaz Ahmad Akhtar (SI) Vice Chancellor, University of the Punjab, Lahore for his guidance and support in materialising this initiative.

The MoU will serve the purpose to offer scholarships to the students at FCIT who belong to a relatively low income background. PEF has offered scholarships in terms of full tuition fee waiver to 50 students every year starting from Fall 2021. Each selected student of FCIT will get a scholarship amount 60,000 PKR per year for a period of four years. In the steady state, 200 students would be receiving scholarships worth of 12 million PKR, every year.

It is the first time that PEF has offered scholarships to the students of computing disciplines, in Pakistan. The organization is already providing financial support to the students of medical and engineering programs. Up till now PEF have become a source of smile and future success of more than 2000 students across Pakistan.

MoU has been signed between the Faculty of Computing & Information Technology (FCIT), University of the Punjab Lahore and Professional Education Foundation (PEF) future for a student struggling through the dark clouds of financial struggles.