COMSATS Announces Labour Quota Admission and Scholarship

Punjab workers welfare board PWWB is offering full scholarships to the laboures and miners and/or their children for all degree programs at COMSATS Lahore and Islamabad Campus under the Labour quota. COMSATS has reserved a 30% labour quota in all the single-degree programs for worker and/or their children. The application deadline for COMSATS worker welfare fund labour quota scholarships is July 10, 2024, for the Islamabad Campus and July 18 for the Lahore Campus. Seats for Labour Quota admission on Scholarships are available in Islamabad, Lahore, Attock, Wah, Sahiwal, and Vehari Campus. 

The Labour Department of the Government of Punjab is responsible for the payment of all the expenses of the PWWB Labour Quota students. PWWB Scholarship covers

• Tuition fee,
• Hostel fee
• Transportation cost.

Eligibility Criteria for COMSATS Labour Quota Admission

The worker needs to fulfill the following criteria:

1. A person is qualified as a labor department worker if he fulfills the definition of the worker as defined in the Industrial Relations Act, of 2010.
2. The worker should have a valid social security card.
3. The worker should have a minimum work experience of 1 year in a factory registered under the Factories Act 1934 or Mines Act 1923.
4. An organization will be deemed as a factory if it fulfills the definition of a factory as defined in the Workers’ Welfare Fund Ordinance 1971 or the Companies’ Profit Workers Participation Act 1968.
5. Children of deceased/disabled workers are also eligible to apply for this scholarship provided that the worker/ miner was deceased/ disabled during service, registered under the EOBI/ Social Security, and his widow/ legal heir got Death Grant from Punjab Workers’ Welfare Board or receives a pension from the EOBI/ Social Security.
6. The worker/ miner or his child seeking admission should not have been involved in any illegal activity or criminal proceedings.

Award Of PWWB COMSATS Labour Qouta Scholarship 2024

The candidates apply for this scholarship at the time of admission to all the Single Degree Programs. The candidates need to submit the following set of documents along with their admission application form at the time of admission:

1. Worker/ miner’s CNIC.
2. Worker/ miner’s Social Security Card/ Old Age Benefit Card.
3. Worker/ miner’s Factory Card/ Employee Card mentioning his/ her designation.
4. Worker/Miner’s Appointment Letter.
5. The Factory Registration Certificate under the Factories Act 1934 or Mines Act 1923.
6. CNIC/ Family Registration Certificate issued by NADRA of the prospective student.
7. Worker/ miner’s Service Certificate and a certificate on his/ her good moral conduct.
8. The candidate needs to sign an affidavit on Rs. 20. Stamp Paper stating that if he/ she discontinues his/ her education, he/she will pay all the educational expenditures back to the Labour Department.
9. In the case of a deceased/ disabled worker/ miner, proof of receiving a Death Grant/ Disability Pension needs to be submitted.

Scholarship Continuation

This scholarship is provided for a maximum of 8 semesters or the maximum duration of the student’s respective degree program. In case a student repeats a course or semester, he/she has to deposit the dues as per CIIT rules and regulations.