Newsnomics AJAY ANGELINA reporter |
On Wednesday, Andrew Schofer, the US Deputy Chief of Mission said that US government provided support to 30,000 students to improve their English language skills across the Pakistan.
The statement came while talking to journalists after attending ceremony of “Access” Scholarship Program especially introduced for English language learning.
English Access Scholarship Program is one of the highlights of the longstanding cooperation between the United States and Pakistan said Asim Saeed, the Vice Chancellor Education University.
“Since last 20 years, the US government was offering scholarships to so far 30,000 students started from 2004,” said Andrew Schofer.
The US government was supporting programs to develop leadership qualities and improve professional skills among the Pakistani students.
Schofer stated in the ceremony that the students would surely upgrade their English linguistic skills. “We want the students should succeed.”
The Coordinator Ms Rahat informing about the services of 40 teachers said, “initially, over 100 teachers from across the region applied, however 40 were selected following a proper criterion.
Similarly, about 1000 students applied for the scholarship and 300 were being offered scholarships.
On the occasion of “Access” Scholarship Program, Pakistani students presented tableaus and other performances especially relating to rich culture of south Punjab that was praised by the Us delegate.
Later, Deputy Chief of Mission Andrew Schofer also visited LMFPU (Lutfabad Mango Farm) that was benefited from the USAID-funded FIRMS project (2009-2014) and the Agricultural Market Development (AMD) Project (2015-2019).
USAID funds supported farms to gain GlobalGAP certification and to establish infrastructure of mango packing house and cold storage. Moreover, assisted mango growers to expand international exports high-end markets by meeting their grading and packaging requirements, the official stated.
Similarly, AMD provided state-of-the-art graders to 13 mango processing facilities in Punjab and Sindh.
