The United States has selected 200 new students from madrasas, public and technical schools of Dhaka, Chittagong, and Sylhet to join the embassy’s “English Access Microscholarship Program”.
This rigorous US government-funded program will strengthen their English language, critical thinking, and leadership skills, the embassy said.
Ambassador Peter Haas congratulated them on Wednesday for being selected for the two-year US Department of State-funded English Access Microscholarship program.
Ambassador Haas praised 100 young women and 100 young men from local madrasas, public, and technical schools from Dhaka, Chittagong, and Sylhet for choosing to participate in this life-changing program.
He also thanked the Language Proficiency Centre and GEIST International Foundation for partnering with the US Embassy in implementing the English Access Microscholarship program.
The English Access Microscholarship Program is a rigorous, two-year interactive program building a foundation in English language, American culture, critical thinking, and leadership skills for 13 to 17-year-olds from economically disadvantaged backgrounds and helps the students become more competitive when applying for higher education and employment opportunities.
Since it began in 2004, more than 1,500 Bangladeshi students have participated in the program. The program has over 100,000 alumni in 85 countries.
The Access program is one of the US Embassy’s many endeavours to strengthen and expand people-to-people ties and educational linkages between the United States and Bangladesh, enhance the quality of local education, and empower Bangladeshi youth through innovative learning opportunities, the embassy said.
