Malala Thanks US Congress for Scholarship Act for women

 Malala Yousafzai Scholarships for Pakistani women

Malala Yousaf Zai thanked US congress for passing Malala Yousafzai scholarship act for Pakistani women.

Malal tweeted, 

'Thank you to US congress and @RepJafferies for passing this legislation, mandating that 50% USaid's higher education scholarships in Pakistan will go to young women. I'm excited to see where they lead us.'

The US Congress has passed a bill named after Pakistani Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai. The Malala Yousafzai scholarship is  aimed at broadening the number of scholarships to women in Pakistan.

The Malala scholarships will be awarded under merit as well as on a needs-based program.

Earlier, the Malala Yousafzai Scholarship Act was passed by the US House of Representatives in March 2020. It has brought to President Donald Trump now. He will sign it to turn it into law.

According to Radio Pakistan, the bill requires the USAID to award at least 50 percent of scholarships to Pakistani women. These scholarships will be provided across a wide range of academic disciplines. The Malala Yousafzai scholarships will be awarded by the existing eligibility criteria.

  USAID will brief Congress annually on the number of scholarships awarded under the program. The briefing will also include breakdowns by gender, discipline, and degree type. The percentage of recipients who were involuntarily pushed out of the program for failure to meet program requirements with the percentage of recipients who dropped out of school, comprising retaliation for pursuing education will also brief to congress annually.

The bill also suggests that USAID will consult and pull investments by the Pakistani private sector and Pakistanis in the United States to improve and expand access to education programs in Pakistan. 

Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani girl who was shot in the head by the Taliban in 2012 accusing her of committing work for girls' education. Malala survived and was sent to the UK with their family. She received the  Nobel Peace Prize in 2014 as the youngest recipient.

Malala, the Pakistani Nobel laureate graduated from the University of Oxford in June 2020 with distinction.

Since 2010, the USAID has awarded more than 6,000 scholarships for young women of Pakistan to seek higher education in Pakistan. The bill is an expansion of this program