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Youth Exchange and Study (YES) Program to study in US
61 Pakistani students to study in US schools
Karachi, Jun 26, 2008: About 61 Pakistani secondary school students, 40 girls and 21 boys have
been selected under Youth Exchange and Study (YES) Program to study in US
schools.
Country Coordinator International
Education and Resource Network Pakistan, Farah S Kamal said that this programme
is for one year and they will study in advance class of higher education in US
schools.
She said that these
kids mostly matriculate, while some with O Level were selected from different
schools all over Pakistan in 19 cities of Sindh, Balochistan, NWFP, Punjab, FATA
and AJK.
The age requirement
was 15 to 17 with at least 70 percent marks in every subject. They have passed
English language test and interviews before final selection. Applications were
invited through advertisements in newspapers, she added.
Farah said they
will not get any degree or diploma but get certificates of studying in various
subjects of their choice besides learning one foreign language other than
English and mother tongue.
She said 57
students majority of them girls were selected last year to study in US schools.
They have come back and the 6th batch will leave for USA in the first
week of August 2008, she noted.
Some of the
students who returned after completing YES programme said it was a best
experience and whatever they learned there, will help in their academic career
as well as in the practical life.
US Consul General
Kay L Anske had hosted a dinner on Tuesday for the selected students who have
been in the city since June 23, 2008 in connection for the preparation to attend
one year stay in USA.
Speaking on the
occasion, she congratulated them on their selection and said they were Pakistani
diplomats in USA to share thoughts, ideas and knowledge of Pakistan with US
students and people.
"Have a fun, learn
as well as teach. USA is a wonderful place where you will meet a large number of
people", she added.
Anske said that a
Pakistani student of last batch had a privilege to meet US Secretary of State
Condoleezza Rice during the studies. App
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