The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has launched a paid internship programme for BS students and graduates, offering a monthly stipend of Rs25,000 and hands-on work experience in government departments, public universities and other institutions across the province.
The programme was set in motion through a circular issued to all administrative secretaries, directing every government department to make internship places available under the initiative. It is aimed at young people who have finished — or are still completing — a BS degree and need practical experience to improve their chances of finding work.
For thousands of graduates in the province, the announcement answers a familiar complaint: employers ask for experience, but nobody offers a first chance to gain it. This programme is designed to break that circle, with the provincial government paying the full stipend itself.
What the programme offers
Under the three-month programme, selected interns will receive Rs25,000 a month, fully funded by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government. Interns will be placed in government departments, public universities and other relevant institutions, where they will receive hands-on training rather than classroom-style instruction.
The idea is to bridge the gap between academic learning and professional experience. Graduates will work inside real offices and institutions, learn how government departments function, and build the practical skills — and the references — that employers look for.
The programme sits under the Ehsaas Internship Program umbrella, whose framework allows placements of between two and six months. The circular now in force sets the current round at three months.
Who can apply
The programme is open to BS students and graduates. According to details reported from the briefing at which the programme was unveiled, applicants must be enrolled in a university or degree college in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and hold a minimum cumulative grade point average (CGPA) of 3.0 or its equivalent.
Students from universities and degree colleges in all districts of the province will be able to apply, so the opportunity is not limited to Peshawar or the larger cities. The selection is meant to be merit-based, with academic performance as the main yardstick reported so far.
How the programme will work
The circular instructs all departments to allocate internship positions and nominate focal persons to coordinate the programme. Departments have been directed to submit details of the internship opportunities they can offer within 15 days.
A centralised database will be established to manage the programme and monitor placements, so that the government can track where interns are placed and how the scheme is performing. The emphasis on a single database suggests the province wants to avoid the scattered, ad-hoc internships of the past and run this as one organised scheme.
The province already operates an internship portal, internships.kp.gov.pk, where departments list openings — many of them carrying the same Rs25,000 monthly offer — so the new programme builds on machinery that is already in place.
Why it matters for graduates
Graduate unemployment and underemployment remain among the most pressing problems for young people in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where every year thousands of students leave universities with degrees but little workplace exposure. Employers routinely prefer candidates who have already worked somewhere, leaving fresh graduates stuck at the first step.
A paid, structured internship changes that calculation in two ways. It gives graduates three months of real experience to put on a CV, and it pays them while they gain it — removing the financial barrier that forces many young people to turn down unpaid placements. The Rs25,000 stipend is modest, but for a fresh graduate it covers basic costs while they learn.
The scheme also gives the government itself a pipeline of young talent. Departments get motivated graduates for three months, and interns get a direct look at public service as a career — an experience that may encourage more of them to consider government work.
How to apply and what happens next
No dedicated application portal for the new programme has been launched yet. The KP Education Department has indicated that registrations will begin in the coming weeks, once partnerships with host organisations are finalised.
Students and graduates who want to apply should watch for the official announcement from the KP Education Department and keep checking the province’s internship portal, internships.kp.gov.pk, where openings are listed. Applicants should be ready with their academic record, since a CGPA of 3.0 has been reported as the minimum eligibility bar.
With departments now given 15 days to report their available places, the first placements are expected to follow soon after that exercise is complete. For BS students and recent graduates across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, this is a concrete, paid route into the workplace — and one worth applying for as soon as registrations open.
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