Documentary Contest: HEC Invites Nominations From Afghan Students

News Desk

Islamabad: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has invited Afghan students to submit short documentaries that highlight their higher education experiences in Pakistan.

According to the details, the nominations for short documentary contest are invited under the Allama Muhammad Iqbal Scholarships for Afghan Students.

The theme of the short documentary contest is “Education Experiences of Afghan Youth Studying in Pakistan”.

The Afghan students are allowed to film the documentary using smart phones or high-resolution cameras. The interested students are allowed to send their nomination either individually or in a group.

As per the details of the application process, initially in step one, submit an original idea-based documentary no longer than 40-60 seconds in duration on the given theme.

The short documentary will be produced step by step as follow: In step 2, the jury members will shortlist the top 10 Afghan students’ entries to showcase and will inform students and their universities’ nominated Public Relations Officers (PROs) to participate as their mentors to submit a short documentary of 4-6 minutes using only high resolution cameras on the given theme in English language with subtitles translated into two languages (Urdu and Dari).

The deadline to submit initial applications is February 21 while announcement of top 10 shortlisted candidates will be announced on February 24 and final documentary will be submitted on March 10.

Meanwhile, the event will tentatively be held in the middle of March. All submissions must include closing credits with the information of all participants.

A short documentary will cover Afghan students’ access to higher education in Pakistan, day-to-day campus life, advanced teaching faculty, research and lab facilities, hostels, financial, socio-cultural, communication, psychological, and education adjustments, individual experiences, sports and other extra-curricular activities on campus, interviews with university rector/VC etc.

Top 10 shortlisted Afghan students’ entries will be called on the day of the event and winners will be decided by jury members on the day of event. Entering this competition does not guarantee that you will win a prize or derive any other benefit; however, final prizes will be awarded in a grand ceremony held at HEC, Islamabad.

The first prize winner will be awarded Rs 70,000, while second prize winner Rs 50,000 and third winner will get Rs 35,000.