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Prime Minister’s Youth Laptop Scheme Phase-III

 

Laptop Correction Performa

PM Laptop Focal Persons List

HOW TO APPLY:

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA:

Students enrolled  not earlier than their respective program duration as per the table below:

  • The applicant  must have a valid  CNIC/ B-Form number.
  • Must be valid  student as of closing  date for application  submission  i.e., 30th Jun 2023

Degree Name
PhD

Duration
5 Years

Date of Admission ( Greater then or After )
30-Jun-18

End Date
30-Jun-23

MS/ MPhil or Equivalent
MBA

2 Years
3.5 Years

30-Jun-21
31-Dec-19

30-Jun-23
30-Jun-23

MBA MBA
Masters (16 years)

2.5 Years
1.5 Years
2 Years

31-Dec-20
31-Dec-21
30-Jun-21

30-Jun-23
30-Jun-23
30-Jun-23

Undergraduate
Undergraduate

5 Years
4 Years

30-Jun-18
30-Jun-19

30-Jun-23
30-Jun-23

Students studying  in public sector Universities/  Degree Awarding  Institutes  duly recognized  by
HEC (Except Distance learning).

  • Students enrolled  in PhD/ MS/ MPhil or equivalent  18-year program.
  • Students enrolled  in a 4-year or 5-year bachelor’s degree program (morning  and evening).
  • Students enrolled  in MBA Program (3.5 years, 2.5 years, and 1.5 years).

Ineligible:

Following  students will NOT be eligible  for laptops under this scheme

  • Students enrolled  at any private sector higher  education institute  (HEI).
  • Students who have already received a laptop under any Federal or Provincial Government scheme.
  • Foreign nationals,  except students from AJK.
  • If any student has not applied online  or his/her  application  has not received through online  portal.
  • The eligibility  for laptop award will also be determined  at the time of distribution.  If student(s) failed  to produce the required documents  and proof of academic performance, against the data which made him/  her qualified  for laptop, he/ she shall not be awarded with laptop.
  • Any selected student who passed out degree program prior to laptop distribution.

Distribution Strategy/Selection criteria:

  • Once the student has applied online  (before the deadline) through  the HEC online  portal.
  • Then the System which can filter  eligible  and ineligible  students accordingly.
  • The Focal Person of the relevant department,  will verify  the student’s data through their
  • online  focal person account, specifically,  Name, CNIC, Department,  Degree Level,  Last exam percentage/ CGPA, etc.
  • The sole responsibility  of the verification  rests with the University  Focal Person.
  • Any discrepancy found in student’s data then it will be amended accordingly  by
  • updating/  editing  student data after obtaining  student record from the Institute  or from the
  • student themselves.
  • The focal person, upon the nature of the application  can disapprove or verify  the student or make the correction within  given  timeline.
  • Each Institute  will be given  their share of laptops based on a predefined  quote as outlined in eligibility  and merit criteria.
  • Once the deadline  for verification  from HEC has expired the automated  process will  run on the System to generate merit lists for each University  by HEC.
  • Then HEC will share the provisional merit list among the institutes  for their cross check
  • and institutes  will cross check to reply within  15 days..
  • After removal of the discrepancies  from provisional merit list -if any, then HEC will
  • share the final merit list among the Institutes  accordingly.
  • Every Institute  must display the final merit list on their Notice board, Website or Social
  • Media page with a timeline  for the distribution.
  • Similarly,  Final Merit Lists will be published  on an online  portal, where every student and general public can view the merit status of each individual.

Distribution Criteria:

The distribution  criteria have been defined  as follows:

  • Laptops will be purely distributed  on merit basis in each degree program i.e. (PhD, MS/M.Phil.  and 16 Years of education)
  • Share will be determined  as per university  enrollment  and the laptops Quota for each
  • degree program will be determined  (i.e., University  Quota, Campus Quota, Degree program Quota, Department  Quota and Years wise distribution).
  • As per PM office  directives  Balochistan  HEI’s quota has been fixed  i.e., 14% (14,000
  • Laptops) will be distributed  in Balochistan  HEI’s. (Note: - Students from Balochistan’s
  • accredited universities  would be accommodated  under this allocated  quota).
  • The remaining  86,000 will be allocated  among public sector HEIs in accordance with their enrollment  preferences.