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PESHAWAR: Two hundred students from Fata Kohat University’s Access English Micro Scholarship program graduated in an online ceremony on Wednesday.
The two-year U.S. Embassy-funded after-school language learning program provides a foundation of language skills and leadership to talented students from economically disadvantaged communities, according to a press release.
U.S. Consul General Richard H Riley attended the ceremony online and told students that the United States views funding for the Access English Language program as an investment in the future of Pakistan and the world. “We know that nations that empower women are more prosperous, more secure and more politically stable,†he added.
Fata University Vice Chancellor Dr Mohammad Jehanzeb Khan also attended the ceremony along with graduate students from the newly merged districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
The program includes a minimum of 360 hours of virtual or in-person instruction over two years. More than 20,000 Pakistani students, including 2,000 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, have participated in the program, funded by the American people, since its launch in Pakistan in 2005.
Posted in Dawn, October 7, 2021
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