Agha Khan University Examination Board Scholarships 2016

Thursday, March 3, 2016, 11:09
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For Pakistani students, AKU-EB is now offering the need and merit based scholarships. In order to support students for their completion of 2 years HSSC education, these scholarships have been offered by AKU-EB. These scholarships will be available to current students of AKU-EB affiliated schools/ classes in Karachi that are studying in 10^th class.

Criteria of Selection: Merit and financial needs are the criteria on which the AKU-EB Bridge Scholarship will be awarded.

Duration of the Scholarships: Two years is the duration of the scholarship.

No of Scholarships: Total 15 scholarships will be awarded to those students who want to complete their HSSC education from a school/ college affiliated with AKU-EB.

Scholarship Benefits: The successful candidates will get following benefits:

Tuition fee of up to Rs. 3500 per month for school/ college

Rs. 2500 per year annual book allowance

During two academic years of HSSC, full AKU-EB examination fees

Subsistence cost including uniform, travel etc. are not included in the scholarship.

Eligibility Criteria

The applicant should have minimum 70% marks in SSC and he/ she must be a student of AKU-EB SSC part 2.

In SSC part 1 and 2 exams, the applicant must not have any failing grade while completion of HSSC from institute affiliated with AKU-EB is also necessary. There should be a genuine financial need along with the applicant must also show qualities of adaptability, leadership and social service.

The satisfactory examination performance in the HSSC part 1 is necessary for continuation of scholarship from 1^st to 2^nd year.

Application and Award Process

Complete application form with required documents written in the application forms must be submitted by the applicants.

Deadline and Notification:

The last date to apply is 16^th June 2016 while the selected candidates will be contacted in August 2016.