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National ICT
R&D Fund is offering fully funded scholarships for talented
students from rural/non-metropolitan areas of Pakistan. The
National ICT Scholarship Program 2008 (NICTSP 2008) will provide
550 fully funded 4 year undergraduate scholarships in
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) related
disciplines in the Top ICT universities of Pakistan.
National ICT R&D Fund will
also facilitate Training of Teachers and Foundation Training for
students to enhance the skills needed for attempting aptitude
based university admission tests.
Students will be required to
appear for a customized MCQ based aptitude test conducted by
National Testing Service (NTS) for National ICT R&D Fund. They
will also need to qualify for university admission tests to earn
this scholarship.
This program will be run with
the financial collaboration of Public Sector Development Program
(PSDP).
National ICT R&D Fund’s
objective is to develop human resource capacity in ICT fields by
providing equal opportunities to the talented students of
rural/non-metropolitan areas of Pakistan.
NOTE FOR
STUDENTS: It
is the responsibility of the applicant to stay informed about
university application submission deadlines and exam dates, and
also to take the exams for their preferred universities as
selected in the Registration Form.
Registration of applicants has
been completed and Foundation Training will be rolled out across
the country from 28th July 2008 onwards; for some locations the
program would start a few days later.
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