US-supported school inaugurated in Rohri

SUKKUR: US Consul-General Grace W. Shelton and Sindh Minister for Education Jam Mahtab Hussain Dahar on Wednesday inaugurated a school in Rohri, district Sukkur, that was constructed with the support of the United States government through the US Agency for International Development (USAID). 

This is the sixth state-of-the-art school constructed under USAID’s $155 million Sindh Basic Education Program.  Local government representatives, community leaders, teachers and students attended the ceremony. 

“The United States government strongly supports education in Pakistan, and this school is just one of the state-of–the-art facilities that USAID is constructing in partnership with the Sindh government,” said Grace W. Shelton at the ceremony. 

“Here, children will be able to learn and grow, helping Pakistan realize its full potential,” she said. Jam Mahtab Hussain Dahar, Minister for Education, expressed his appreciation of the US government for its strong support in modernizing education in Sindh. 

 “Education is the utmost priority of the Sindh government, and we are very grateful to USAID for helping us in education reforms, a need of the hour,” he added.