US launches $4m initiative for improving girls' education in KP
Pakistan
US launches $4mn initiative for 'Improving Girls Education Activity' in KP
PESHAWAR (Web Desk) - US Ambassador Donald Blome and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Elementary and Secondary Education Shahram Khan Tarakai have launched the US government-funded $4 million Improving Girls Education Activity which aims to provide quality education to girls in remote areas of the province.
The US Embassy, in a statement, said the four-year US Agency for International Development (USAID) activity would introduce public-private partnerships to improve school management in public girls’ schools.
“The US government supports Pakistan’s goal of ensuring a prosperous future for all its citizens – particularly girls,” said Ambassador Blome. “We look forward to a strong partnership and fruitful collaboration with the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Education Department to strengthen education for Pakistani children, and especially girls, through this activity.”
Minister Tarakai noted: “The private sector, in recent years, has emerged as a key supporter of the government’s efforts to address the challenges in the social sector. The successful partnerships in KP’s health sector are a testimony to that. We are positive that with the support from the US government’s education activity, we will be able to make school management more efficient, thereby improving school quality.”
During his trip to Peshawar, Ambassador Blome also visited the Eleanor Roosevelt Corner at the Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University, the largest women’s university in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
