Educational Exchange: Olson greets US-bound students

More than 100 Pakistani students are travelling to US for undergraduate study as part of US funded Global UGRAD.

ISLAMABAD: Ambassador Richard Olson congratulated more than 100 Pakistani students travelling to the United States for undergraduate study as part of the US government funded Global Undergraduate Programme (Global UGRAD).

“I am proud of our student exchange programmes here in Pakistan, which are the largest of anywhere in the world and demonstrate the depth of our commitment to Pakistan’s young people,” he said.

More than 100 Pakistani students will depart in January for a semester of study at US colleges and universities under the Global UGRAD fellowship programme.

“The really exciting thing about this group of undergraduates is that so many of these students come from remote or economically disadvantaged areas of Pakistan. The group includes 31 students from Punjab, 25 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 22 from Sindh, 17 from Gilgit-Baltistan, 4 from Fata, 5 from Islamabad Capital Territory, 7 from Balochistan, and two from AJK. 46 per cent of the students are women,” said Executive Director USEFP Rita Akhtar.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 15^th, 2012.