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AKU, USAID SIGN $4.5m AGREEMENT TO SET UP PRIVATE EXAMINATION BOARD - 2003-08-14

Date: 
Thursday, 2003, August 14
Location: 

KARACHI - Shamsh Kassim-Lakha, the President of AKU, signed an agreement on behalf of The Aga Khan University (AKU) for a grant of $4.5 million to AKU for establishing the country's first private examination board.

person_place_reference: 
H.H. Prince Karim Aga Khan IV


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USAID Signs $ 4.5 Million Agreement With AKU - 2003-08-14

Source: 
www.paknews.com/flash.php?id=4&date1=2003-08-14

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Wednesday signed a $4.5 million cooperative agreement with Aga Khan University (AKU).The agreement will help AKU establish an alternative examination board in the private sector for secondary and higher secondary education.
The signing ceremony at AKU was attended by Federal Minister for Education, Zobaida Jalal, US Ambassador to Pakistan, Nancy Powell USAID Country Director, Mark Ward, Chairman, AKU Board of Trustees, Ambassador Saidullah Khan Dehlavi and AKU President, Shamsh Kassim- Lakha.

Address at the Foundation Stone Ceremony of The Ismaili Centre, Dushanbe - 2003-08-14

Source: 
jang.com.pk/thenews/aug2003-daily/14-08-2003/metro/k5.htm

The Aga Khan University (AKU) and USAID on Wednesday signed an agreement for a grant of $4.5 million to AKU for establishing the country's first private examination board.The agreement signed by President AKU Shamsh Kassim-Lakha and US Ambassador Nancy Powell on behalf of AKU and USAID respectively was also attended by Federal Education Minister Zubaida Jalal and Sindh Education Minister Irfanullah Marwat, held at Aga Khan University and others.
While, Dr Thomas Christie, former dean, Faculty of Education, University of Manchester was appointed as the first Director of AKU-EB.

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