The registration schedule for Prime Minister's Laptop Scheme 2023 is announced. Applications can be submitted online latest by June 20, 2023. Students can submit the online application at PM Youth Program's official portal at https://laptop.pmyp.gov.pk/
The Government of Pakistan has announced reviving the Prime Minister Laptop Scheme under Prime Minister Youth Program. 1 Lac Laptops will be distributed amongst the students under this scheme. This was announced by Shaza Fatima Khawaja, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Youth Affairs.
Ms. Shaza Fatima highlighted that Laptop Scheme will help students to continue their studies online and will also pave their way to explore online work options available around the Globe.
PM Laptop Scheme Eligible Universities
Students studying in public sector Universities/ Degree Awarding Institutes and sub-campuses duly recognized by HEC. (List will be displayed or the link will be attached).
PM Laptop Scheme Eligibility Criteria 2023
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 a valid student as of the closing date for application submission i.e., December 31, 2022.
Students enrolled till December 31, 2022, but not earlier than their respective program duration as per the table below:
| Degree Name | Duration | Date of Admission | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| PhD | 5 Years | 31-Dec-17 | 31-Dec-22 |
| MS/ MPhil or Equivalent | 2 Years | 31-Dec-20 | 31-Dec-22 |
| MBA | 3.5 Years | 30-Jun-19 | 31-Dec-22 |
| MBA | 2.5 Years | 30-Jun-20 | 31-Dec-22 |
| MBA | 1.5 Years | 30-June-21 | 31-Dec-22 |
| Masters (16 years) | 2 Years | 31-Dec-20 | 31-Dec-22 |
| Undergraduate | 5 Years | 31-Dec-17 | 31-Dec-22 |
| Undergraduate | 4 Years | 31-Dec-18 | 31-Dec-22 |
Students studying in public sector Universities/ Degree Awarding Institutes duly recognized by HEC (Except Distance learning).
- Students enrolled in Ph.D./ 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:
- Students enrolled at any private sector higher education institute (HEI).
- Students enrolled at any government degree & postgraduate colleges and affiliated colleges.
- Students who have already received a laptop under any Federal or Provincial Government scheme.
- Foreign nationals, except students from AJK.
- Any other students not listed eligible criteria and/ or as identified and decided by the Steering/Technical Committee.
- If any student has not applied online or his/her application has not been received through the online portal.
- The eligibility for the 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 a laptop, he/ she shall not be awarded a laptop.
- Any selected student who passed out the degree program prior to laptop distribution.
Laptop Distribution Strategy/Selection criteria:
- Once the student has applied online (before the deadline) through the HEC online portal, the system will 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 the student's data will be amended accordingly by updating/editing student data after obtaining student records from the Institute or from the students themselves.
- The focal person, upon the nature of the application, can disapprove or verify the student or make the correction within the 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-checking, and institutes will cross-check and reply within 15 days.
- After the removal of discrepancies from the provisional merit list, if any, 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 the general public can view the merit status of each individual.
Laptop Distribution Criteria:
The distribution criteria have been defined as follows:
- Laptops will be purely distributed on a merit basis in each degree program (Ph.D., MS/M.Phil., and 16 Years of education).
- The share will be determined as per university enrollment, and the laptop 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 the PM office directives, Balochistan HEI’s quota has been fixed i.e., 14% (14,000 Laptops) will be distributed in Balochistan HEI. (Note: - Students from Balochistan’s accredited universities would be accommodated under this allocated quota).
- The remaining 86,000 laptops will be allocated among public sector HEIs in accordance with their enrollment preferences.
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