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Lahore, October 29, 2009 – U.S. Secretary of State Hillary R. Clinton talking to students at Government College in Lahore.
The United States Provides $45 million for Higher Education Commission
October 29, 2009
Lahore - At a meeting with students at Government College in Lahore today, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced a $45 million American contribution to the Government of Pakistan's Higher Education Commission (HEC). The contribution will expand university and technical education for displaced students and those students in other vulnerable areas, such as southern Punjab and the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), which serves students from the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA).
The program will expand Pakistan's university relationships with U.S. institutions through increasing academic exchanges between American and Pakistani institutions. It will expand university and technical education for students who have been displaced by the violence and to those living vulnerable areas such as southern Punjab and the North West Frontier Province (NWFP). The funds will enable the HEC to exempt displaced students from fees, expand opportunities for students to become health professionals, and expand engineering and women's education. This contribution will also support infrastructure upgrades to vocational facilities and teacher training at both vocational and university institutions.
This contribution is part of the $1 billion pledge made by the United States at the April 2009 Tokyo Donors' Conference.
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