HEC Scholarships

Higher Education Commission Scholarships

The biggest scholarship scheme ever introduced in Pakistan. HEC offers a wide range of scholarships. The basic requirement for these scholarships is GRE (Old pattern - NTS Test format) and GRE (ETS). Minimum qualifying criteria for local and foreign scholarship (Advanced countries) is 50% score in GRE-Old pattern- an easy prey. For detailed information visit HEC site.

HEC Test (NTS Local GRE General) Format

The Graduate Record Examination (GRE-Old Pattern NTS local GRE) is administered by National Testing Service (NTS) and is primarily a multiple-choice test that HEC uses for evaluation of students for the award of scholarships for higher education in various disciplines.   The GRE General Test (Old Pattern):     It measures abilities in verbal, quantitative and analytical fields. Analytical Writing The skills measured include the test taker's ability to  articulate complex ideas clearly and effectively  examine claims and accompanying evidence support ideas with relevant reasons and examples sustain a well-focused, coherent discussion control the elements of standard written English   Verbal Reasoning The skills measured include the test taker's ability to analyze and evaluate written material and synthesize information obtained from it analyze relationships among component parts of sentences recognize relationships between words and concepts.   Quantitative Reasoning The skills measured include the test taker's ability to  understand basic concepts of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, and data analysis reason quantitatively solve problems in a quantitative setting   Analytical Reasoning The skills measured include the test takers ability to critically analyze the data.