Tuesday, October 28, 2014

MILF: Japan offers scholarship for young Bangsamoro professionals

Posted to the MILF Website (Oct 28): Japan offers scholarship for young Bangsamoro professionals



The Japanese Grant Aid for Human Resource Development Scholarship (JDS) conducted a Pre-Orientation and Tutorial program for the young Bangsamoro professionals held at Al Nor Convention Center, Cotabato City on Tuesday, October 21.
  
The orientation has participated in by professionals in Central Mindanao.

JDS fellows have also shared their experiences in Japan that motivated participants to join in the program.

The JDS started sending scholars for Master degree in 2003 to Japan, executed by NEDA with the assistance of the government of Japan through JICA.

The JDS programs have prioritized four slots for the Bangsamoro and two slots for other organizations in the Philippines who could be granted for scholarship to study in Japan. The courses are specifically for One-year Master’s Program of Public Policy to be offered by the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) and Two-year Masters of Agriculture, Science, International Cooperation Studies and Engineering which will be offered by the Hiroshima University.

Ms Kuno Kawatani Yuko, Administration Section of JICA said that the JDS program for the academic year 2015-2016, in the context of Bangsamoro, purposely is in support for the establishment of new Bangsamoro Autonomous government.
“This program is in cooperation with the Bangsamoro Transition Commission,” Ms Yuko said.

Ms Yuko said further that the Bangsamoro applicants in the JDS program are coming from Government officials and non-government organizations (NGOs).

“The head of the NGO will have to nominate their applicants to BTC, the BTC will receive all applicants’ papers, do the screening process and finally endorse them to Japan International Cooperation Centre or JICE,” Ms Yuko elaborated.
Who are the eligible applicants?

It must be a Filipino Citizen, between 22-39 years old as of April 1, 2015; must be an employee of target organizations and not to be a member of military;
currently employed in the target organization, has permanent status, has 2 years or work experience in duties particularly relevant to the selected component, at the time of application; has bachelor’s degree relevant to the applying fields; has a performance rating of at least “very satisfactory” from July 2013 to June 2014; and has not been awarded foreign scholarship for Master’s degree.

The ‘Bangsamoro prioritized slot’ accordingly has given special qualification may apply. The submission of application documents to BTC office is on or before November 14, 2014.

Other processes and requirements for JDS application can obtain from http://jds-scholarship.org/.   For further inquiries, the JDS can be contacted at Tel. No.: 02-753-3261, and or email jicejdsphilippines@yahoo.com This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

The purpose of the JDS program is to support human resource development in countries that receive Japanese grant aid, targeting highly capable, young government officials and others who are expected to engage in formulating and implementing social and economic development plans and to become leaders in their countries.

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