International Education Week

Virtual Session on the United States - Pakistan Educational Exchange

EducationUSA at the United States Educational Foundation in Pakistan (USEFP) is organizing a virtual panel discussion to celebrate International Education Week, in collaboration with the United States Embassy, Pakistan. The session is to apprise participants about the United States Mission's role for higher education in Pakistan and higher education opportunities for Pakistanis in the USA. The session will feature Minister Counselor for Public Affairs, United States Embassy Islamabad - Mr. Ray Castillo, Chairman HEC, Dr. Tariq Banuri, and Executive Director, USEFP, Ms. Rita Akhtar as panelists.

We are inviting Vice Chancellors, Directors, Program Heads, external relation managers and faculty members of all the degree-awarding institutions of Pakistan. If you are a faculty or staff of a Pakistani institution who is interested in registering for this session, please send us an email to receive more information karachi@educationusa.org

Virtual Dramatic Reading Contest

Enter our Virtual Dramatic Reading Contest 2020 for a chance to win some cool prizes! The contest is an opportunity to breathe life into poetry or prose. Contestants in the past have chosen verses as diverse as Justin Bieber's hit pop song, 'Baby' and excerpts from Manto's famed essays. The event will invite recitals in Urdu and/or English.

Please note that due to the prevailing pandemic situation in Pakistan and around the world, the event will be virtual.

Entry for participation in this contest is now closed. Make sure to join us on November 18 at 5:00 PM to hear from a special guest speaker, see our top entries, and find out if you are one of our winners! Register for our event here: https://bit.ly/3jUHIgH.

High Achievers' and Counselors' Recognition Ceremony

United States Educational Foundation in Pakistan will be hosting a High Achievers' Ceremony as a testament to the enormous talent and potential of our high school students in Pakistan. Counselors may nominate students based on their academic and extracurricular strengths.

A new addition this year to the High Achievers Ceremony is that once the student nominations come in, we will send those profiles to a few select United States Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) for pre-screening. If a student's profile falls within the parameters of the university, they will then notify us to encourage the student(s) to apply to the university for admission. The student is not obligated to apply to the university if they do not wish to. If you would like to be nominated as a High Achiever, please contact your school counselor for further information.

Along with celebrating the hard work and success of outstanding students in Pakistan, this year again, we are also honoring our counselors! Counselors Recognition Awards celebrate the great work counselors do with their students and EducationUSA. This year we will have the "Most Successful Counselor Award" and "Students' Choice Award for Best Counselor." These awards will celebrate and recognize the efforts and achievements of counselors.

For any queries, feel free to write to us at lhradvisers@usefp.org

EducationUSA Filminute 2020

EducationUSA is once again hosting a film-making competition to help high school students unleash their creative side. Students between the ages of 15-18 will be sending in their 60-second films for review and three winners will be selected by a jury from the New York Film Academy. This will be followed by a panel discussion of accomplished filmmakers titled 'Filmmakers Talk' where we will discuss the prospects of a career in filmmaking in Pakistan.

To register for the panel discussion, please click here: https://bit.ly/2IpNDxk