In what is being called a groundbreaking achievement for the Provincial Government of Sindh in Pakistan and the U.S., a 35-minute reading period has just been instated for all public primary schools in this Pakistani province of more than 40 million people. The introduction of daily reading classes in primary schools is happening for the first time in the history of Sindh's education sector, said Tameez-ud-din, Program Director for the Sindh Basic Education Program (SBEP). SBEP is a government-to-government initiative between the U.S. and Sindh governments, with the aim of improving reading scores of 450,000 grade 1 and 2 children in the province by 2019