The US Embassy today announced a call for applications for the 2023-2024 Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study (YES) Program for Bangladeshi students.
The YES program provides merit-based scholarships for Bangladeshi students (between the ages of 15 and 17) to spend one academic year at a high school in United States, living with a host family, and sharing their culture with Americans and students from other countries, according to a press release.
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Applications are due on November 14, 2022 at 4 pm (BST).
For additional information and to apply, please visit http://www.iearnbd.org.
Since 2004, 450 Bangladeshi students have served as youth ambassadors through the YES program.
For the 2022-2023 academic year, 23 students from Dhaka, Chattogram, Mymensingh, Jashore, Cumilla, Munshiganj and Bogura are currently studying at different American high schools located across United States including in New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Virginia, Idaho, Iowa, and Texas.
Established in 2002, the YES program was created by the late US Senators Edward M. Kennedy and Richard Lugar to give young people from around the world the opportunity to live with American host families and attend high schools to learn about American society and values.
Since then, over 13,000 students from 37 countries have participated in the YES program.