KARACHI, July 15: The US consulate general in Karachi on Tuesday donated, to seven adopted schools in Karachi, gifts titled “The American Discovery Centre (ADC)” which is a beautiful wooden cabinet with a computer.
The schools that received the gifts are: Government Girls Higher Secondary School, PAF Drigh Road; Junior Model Government Girls Higher Secondary School No1, Freer Town; MAO Government Boys Secondary School, Sultanabad; Shanti Nagar Government Boys/Girls Secondary School; Government Boys Secondary School No 1, Nazimabad; Government Girls Pilot Higher Secondary School, Nazimabad l and Government Girls Junior Model pilot School, PECHS.
The ‘Discovery Centre’ includes the latest collection of American educational, fun-filled interactive software, CD-ROMs and DVAs, with which the students can join American astronauts on their journeys through space; access the latest in American education software in biology, astronomy, mathematics and geography.
Prof Anita Ghulam Ali, at the signing ceremony said that with the gifts, Pakistani children would be able to share ideas and bridge the information gap, which existed between them and the American children. She added that this gift was not political and meant to educate the children.
The Discovery Centre is a small part of the $100 million that the US had pledged to the government, last year, to expand access to education for all Pakistani children to improve teaching practices, and to move towards the goal of providing every Pakistani child with a world class education and the job skills to compete in a global economic environment.
“The American discovery Centre is a half million dollar project that will equip 185 schools in Pakistan with access to the latest in education technology and allow students to broaden their knowledge about the United States. The gifts to the seven adopted schools in karachi are part of an education package that will be given to 51 public and private schools in sindh and Balochistan and is suitable for students in grades between 8 and 12,” Public Affairs Officer Lonnie Kelley said.—APP