YES Scholarship 2020-21 Form – Preliminary Application

About YES Scholarship

Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study Program or popular as YES Scholarship Program is funded by United States Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. This scholarship targets Pakistani students who reside in Pakistan.

Requirements and Eligibility

• Secondary school students in their home country (Pakistan) who are currently (Academic year 2019-20) enrolled in 9^th or 10^th grade or ‘O’ Levels students. (Note for O’ Level Students: Only O’ Level 9^th grade or O’ Level 10^th grade students are eligible to apply. O’ Level 11^th graders are not eligible)
• Minimum 15 years of age and not older than 17 years on August 1, 2020. (born between 1 August 2003 to 1 August 2005)
• Minimum 60% marks in all major/core subjects (English, Mathematics, Sciences) in the last class attended; overall minimum average 60% marks for the past three years. (Students with a gap year or a repeated year are not eligible.)
• Can communicate in English. Minimum 60% marks in English exam during the past three years (2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19).
• Have not traveled to the United States.

Note: Minimum 60% marks in all subjects in the examination that will be held before departure to the U.S.A. (The annual exams that will be held in 2020). Students will be required to send their mark sheets of the last examination when they receive the mark sheets.

Students who meet the following in addition to the above criteria are likely to be short listed for the final round of selection.

• Pass Entry Test.
• Know and practice Pakistani culture and values, and able to represent the same in the U.S. schools and communities.
• Demonstrate maturity, flexibility, adaptability, good character and scholastic aptitude.
• Willingness to participate in host family’s daily life.
• Record of all necessary immunizations, as outlined in the Final Student Application, before arriving in the U.S.A.
• Demonstrate flexibility and a commitment to promoting cross-cultural understanding.
• Agreement to attend classes as a full-time student and maintain at least a ‘B’ Grade average in American high school.
• Willingness and agreement to abide by the ‘YES Student Rules’ as outlined in the YES Final Application and all other rules and policies during the program.
• Meet U.S. J-1 visa eligibility requirements.

YES Application Step by Step

STEP-1 Preliminary Application

Students who fulfill the Selection Criteria and agree to the Parent Student Agreement and General Program Rules can apply for the scholarship. They can download the Preliminary Applications from www.yespk.org, Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/YESProgramPakistanOfficial or photocopy and courier the filled applications with required documents to SIE office. Female students, students with physical disabilities and students from non-elite and government schools who meet the criteria are strongly encouraged to apply.

The participating schools/organizations must collect fully completed Preliminary Applications with all required documents from students and courier them to the SIE Office.

Students who are eligible according to the Selection Criteria but their schools are not interested in forwarding the YES Preliminary Applications can courier their applications independently.

STEP-2 Entry Test:

• After initial Preliminary Application screening, short listed applicants will be notified for YES Orientation and Entry Test through letters and/or e-mails to their addresses mentioned in the Preliminary Applications. (SIE is not responsible for wrong / incomplete or change in addresses.)

STEP-3 Interview and Group Activity:

• Students who pass the Entry Test will be notified via letters for appearing in interview and group activity.
• Students will be required to fill up YES Final Application (attached with the letter) and appear in Interviews. (Students are required to appear on the interview day with completely filled YES Final Application along with required documents.)

STEP-4 Standardized English language test for international students:

• Short listed students after the interviews will be required to take a standardized English language test for international students.

STEP-5 Final Evaluation:

• Final selection of students will be based on Entry Test, Interviews and neatly filled completed YES Final Application with all required documents.
• The finalists will be notified by a letter and Scholarship Acceptance form from the YES program office.

YES Scholarship 2020-21 Form

You can download YES Scholarship application 2020-21 form at this link. Fill the application form and competed with required documents then send its via post/courier to SIE Office, Karachi contact details below. Please only provide true and valid documents, any frauds in the selection process will be disqualified. Don’t forget to write YES 2020 – 21 on the top of the application envelope. Last date for submissions is 25 September 2019.

Contact Details

If you need furthr information or assistances related to YES Scholarship 2020-21, you can make a correspondence to these contacts below:

SIE Office
88-H, P.E.C.H.S, Block-6, Karachi-75400, Sindh, Pakistan.
Phone number: 0333-2929960
E-mail address: [email protected]
Official website: www.yespk.org
Official Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/YESProgramPakistanOfficial