Commonwealth scholarship commission UK offers 900 scholarships to commonwealth countries each year.

Commonwealth scholarship scheme was started 60 years back in 1959 and is initiated by a group of students from Oxford university. Since then it has been providing thousands of students with better education and helping them to play a role in development of their home countries. Universities from around the UK support the studies of brilliant students from these countries and train them in UK, so that they can implement their learning in different sectors for development purposes.

Chair of Commonwealth scholarship commission UK, Richard Middleton said that there is no role of UK government in selection of the scholars and the scheme is highly based on merit and is for the common good of the 52 associated countries. He said that no matter how worse the peace and economical situation gets, it will have no effect whatsoever on the commission's policies for common good.

Welcome event of commonwealth scholars 2016 at Nottingham

Universities in Liverpool are playing an important role in this scheme. All the three universities i.e. University of Liverpool, Liverpool John Moores University and Liverpool Hope University, take several scholars from these countries through this scheme. Liverpool being known as a student city and hometown of one of the world ranked university is center of attention to many of these scholars.

One of the Commonwealth scholar Adewola Adekola, from University of Liverpool said that the city is full of opportunities for students. Career fairs, internship opportunities and several student activities are helping him to learn a lot and he is hopeful to implement the learning from UK to his home country. He said that getting the scholarship for UK is the best experience of his life, as otherwise he would not be able to afford the study expense.

Some sources claim that the purpose of these scholarships is to increase the ranking of the universities. However, no matter what anyone claims the ultimate benefit is going towards the developing countries and their citizens.

(For further information about commonwealth scholarships UK, follow the link www.cscuk.dfid.gov.uk)

World without borders..A wish

Sitting on bed, eating burger, i was surfing through facebook when i watched videos related to Syrian children surviving on leaves and spices. My heart missed a beat, it felt like someone stabbed me...i thought how ungrateful i am, in spite of having everything i do not thank my Lord.. instead there is a greed for more and more...
Since that day i have been thinking how can we help those people in Syria? How can we deliver food to them.... And its my helplessness that i am still thinking the same... *sigh*
How unfair this world is... One is eating a meal of worth 1000 rupees and others are surviving on leaves...
On the other hand i thought at least those who left are safe ..they have flown to developed countries , now nothing bad can happen to them , and yet again surfing through some facebook feed i saw condemnation of Justin Trudeau related to attack on a Syrian refugee... it was really heartbreaking to see people fighting in comments section whether these refugees should be allowed or not.. When God made the world he didn't define boundaries, he didn't separate the people, he didn't put a sign board that this continent is for these specific people.. Why Human beings are so much selfish that they kill each other yet they justify those killings in the name of countries... why cant we have a world without borders, why cant we stop fighting and consider every person a human being.. we wish for paradise in our prayers yet we can make this world paradise ...Yes we humans can make it a paradise if we stop fighting over race, religion, caste, creed... and try to make world a place to live rather than contributing in wars , demolishing nations and torturing other nations mentally...
In spite of all the bad things happening in this world, i hope there will be someone who can atleast provide food to help those poor Syrian children.

BEAUTIFUL PAKISTAN

Out of 8500 contestants and out of 100,000 photographs Zaeem Siddiq's photograph of Shangrila Lake is selected as the best photograph in International Wiki loves earth competition. This shows how beautiful this country "Pakistan" is , but is this enough to bring tourists to Pakistan? This individual effort can be appreciated but at government level Pakistan really needs to look at it tourism management and strategies. Allah has gifted Pakistan with everything from mountains to plains and rivers, geographically its a strong country blessed with all the seasons. But it depends on us the people of Pakistan that how we can utilize this beauty in benefiting the economy of the country. Here are few suggestions for the tourism sector which can improve tourism in Pakistan

1. Don't underestimate the local tourists, right now at this point they are the biggest assets for tourism sector as international tourists have security issues.
2.Improve the skills of those working in tourism industry. Our institutions should have degree programs on tourism management.
3.Utilize the term Marketing. Promote tourism at international level.
4. Celebrate important days, make sure the world knows your culture and people well. Don't merge local culture with western culture. Essence of one's culture is lost by merging it with other cultures.
5.Its an era of social media, utilize it. Make presence on social media and let the world know how beautiful Pakistan is.