American Center announces 1-year academic programme
Education
The American Center at the US Embassy Dhaka announced the Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study (K-L YES) Program for the academic year 2020-21.
The K-L YES program is a high school exchange program sponsored by the US Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.
Interested candidates must be a Bangladesh citizen and not dual citizens and aged between 15 and 17 years of age on August 01, 2020; and be currently enrolled in grade 8-11 in any high school and/or college in Bangladesh.
Its purpose is to provide promising high school students with a deeper understanding of the United States, while simultaneously enhancing their leadership skills.
Interested students can apply online at the iEARN-BD website: http://www.iearnbd.org/.
The deadline for submission of completed applications to iEARN-BD website is November 23, 2019.
Upcoming opportunities are:
• Global UGRAD – Deadline: December 31
• Fulbright Visiting Scholar – Deadline: December 7
• Community College Initiative Program (CCIP) – Deadline: November 21
• Kennedy-Lugar YES Program – Deadline: November 23
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