NUML student selects for global speech contest

Islamabad, A student from National University of Modern Languages (NUML), Ahmed Nawaz has been nominated to represent Pakistan at the international competition in English Speaking 2013 which is scheduled to be organized in May in London.

Six contesters from Punjab and Sindh were competent for the final round at the national level. The BS mass communication student, Ahmed Nawaz, got the winner trophy. The university administration will award a cash prize to Ahmed Nawaz. 

National University of Modern Languages (NUML) was came into being in 1970 to instruct different languages to students and make it easy to understand different cultures. The university is a fully independent and a recognized degree awarding institute of Pakistan. The institute teaches 23 different languages including many science and arts subjects.

The Punjab Education Foundation (PEF) is going to deliver free educational services to two lakh poor children in the next five years under its public private partnership program.

The program aims to provide quality education to the economically underprivileged children, particularly the females, who could not continue their studies due to lack of resources and access.

Chairman, Punjab Education Foundation, Raja Anwar expressed this while chairing the district coordination meeting of several schools of northern region which are linked with the PEF under its foundation assisted schools (FAS) program. PEF-DMDs, Director (FAS) Nadeem Masood and other concerned officers were also present on this occasion.

PEF Chairman further said that public private partnership in the field of education was a great support for the poor societies in Punjab and it was proven to breakdown the chains of poverty through quality education.

The foundation is already providing education facility to 13 lakh deserving students in Punjab and 52 percent of them are females.