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National ICT R&D Fund
is offering fully funded scholarships for talented
students from rural/non-metropolitan areas of Pakistan
with the objective to develop human resource capacity in
ICT fields in Pakistan. The National ICT Scholarship
Program 2010 (NICTSP 2010) will provide fully funded 4
year undergraduate degree scholarships in Information
and Communication Technology (ICT) related disciplines
in the top ICT universities of Pakistan, and hence
enhance capacity in the best ICT related educational
institutions.
The Government of
Pakistan plans to expand the program this year by
increasing the outreach by including twelve more
universities to provide students access to more quality
educational institutions of their choice.
National ICT R&D Fund
plans to enhance National ICT Scholarship Program 2010
by awarding even more scholarships in the future.
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 later appear for a customized MCQ based
aptitude test called "National ICT-Scholarship Award
Test".
This program is run
with the financial collaboration of Public Sector
Development Program (PSDP) of Government of Pakistan.
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.
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