USAID provides education opportunities for FATA students

DAILY TIMES

The 81 recipient of US-funded scholarships, who has scored A and A+ grades during the recent ninth grade’s board examination (SSC Part1 examination) in FATA, were recognised in a ceremony held on Tuesday by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Five US-sponsored students scored above 490 points out of the total of 525, and two of them topped the Abbottabad and the Charsadda boards. Dr Marilyn Wyatt, the US awife, congratulated the students and wished them future success. “Without education, achieving sustainable human development remains an illusion,” said Dr Marilyn Wyatt. “I am proud that the US government is working with the Pakistani government and the FATA Secretariat to build a stronger economy where more young people like these we see here today can have a chance to apply their talent,” she said. These students were among the 1,363 FATA boys and girls who had received USAID-funded scholarships since 2008 to complete their secondary, vocational, or college-level education. Currently, 183 students remain enrolled under the scholarship programme in the following categories: Bachelor in Advanced Engineering Programme, Diploma in Advanced Engineering, and the Secondary School Certificate.