Ceremony held to celebrate success of 200 women students.

ISLAMABAD -- A graduation ceremony held on Friday to celebrate the success of 200 women students completed the U.S. Embassy-sponsored English Works! Program from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Two hundred women students of the English Works! Program hosted by Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University (SBBWU) Peshawar successfully completed this six-month program that improves English proficiency, develops computer literacy skills, and builds job market knowledge for motivated students with limited financial resources.

During the graduation ceremony, Ambassador of the United States to Pakistan, Donald Blome congratulated the students who successfully completed the program.

He also launched a new English Access Micro scholarship 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. I hope the knowledge and skills you gained...

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