PESHAWAR: The students and academicians of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) here on Thursday lauded the inauguration of the National Endowment Scholarships for Talent (NEST) programme for needy yet talented students and termed it a giant leap forward to enhance the literacy ratio in the country. They said scholarships under NEST would help poor students in the completion of their studies without financial constraints besides creating a sense of competition among them. He noted that this programme would help promote merit and performance besides promoting quality education including science, technology, and also producing quality manpower. Ehtesham Khan, a student of BS Urdu programme at Government College Peshawar (GCP) also termed the NEST programme a very positive pro-education endeavour in which talented deserving students would be largely benefitted. University of Peshawar Economics Assistant Professor, Muhammad Naeem termed NEST a pro-education step that would immensely help encouraging girls to get higher education without facing financial problems.

Source: Pakistan Today December 28, 2017 16:52 UTC