Four students from Delhi Public School (DPS) Srinagar have bagged a full scholarship awarded to them by Kenny Lugar- scholarship programme for 2017-2018 session.
The students who received the prestigious scholarship include Hazika Reshi, Aimun Anis, Faseeha Naseer and Zeesha Shafi.
DPS Srinagar in a statement said the students will get an opportunity to study in different schools in USA for one complete session.
“The Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study (YES) program, funded by the U.S. Department of State, provides scholarships for secondary school students (age 15-17) from countries with significant Muslim populations to spend one academic year in the United States. Every year only 36 students from India get the chance to have this international experience. DPS, Srinagar feels elated at this success of our students,” it reads.
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Apr 13 2017.4 DPS students bag Kennedy-Lugar scholarship.Greater Kashmir.retrieved from
http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/srinagar-city/story/246351.html