200 women students from newly merged districts graduate from US Embassy-funded English Works! Program.

ISLAMABAD -- At a graduation ceremony Ambassador Donald Blome congratulated 200 women students from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa who successfully completed the U.S. Embassy-sponsored English Works! Program.

As many as 209 women students of the English Works! Program were hosted by Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University (SBBWU), Peshawar for successfully completing this six-month program that improves English proficiency, develops computer literacy skills, and builds job market knowledge for motivated students with limited financial resources, said a news release issued by the US embassy in Pakistan here on Friday.

During the graduation ceremony, Ambassador Blome also launched a new English Access Microscholarship Program that will provide two years of after-school English language training for 565 students from economically disadvantaged communities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

'Today we celebrate a remarkable achievement,' Ambassador Blome told the graduating students. 'I know how difficult it can be to learn a foreign language. You and your families should be very proud of your accomplishment...