ISLAMABAD : The United States announces the lauch of the Pakistan Reading Project to boost the reading skills of 3.2 million pakistani children.
The project will fund improvements in reading instruction and reading asessment in grades one through five throughout the pakistani public school system.
The international Rescue committee (IRC), which is partnering with regional government and pakistani civil society organizations, will implement this $160 million project in an estimated 38,000 public schools over the next five years.
The lauch of this program on interantional Literacy Day, observed annually on september 8, demonstrares the firm commitment of the United States and its pakistani partners to improving cirtical reading and writing skills.
“The pakistan Reading Project provides pakistani children on opportunity to develop skills which are essential for success in higher education and in the workplace.
Children who do not learn to read in the first few grades of school will struggle to keep up with classromm assignments in later grades,” Gregory Gottlieb, Misssion Director of the US Agency for international Development (USAID) said after the agreement was signed between USAID and IRC.
“IRC is honred to work on such in improvement project which will help improve the quality of education for millions of pakistani children,”IRC chief of party, John Shumaker , said.