Off to Japan: Embassy hosts send off
Scholarships are a mix of doctoral, and mid career professional programmes
Ayesha Ahmed, a schoolteacher from Balochistan who has been with the provincial education department for five years, is off to Kyoto University for teacher training. PHOTO: INP
ISLAMABAD:
Good friends are a lifetime treasure. The grantees here are a bridge [of friendship] between Pakistan and Japan for years to come.
This was said by Japanese Ambassador Takashi Kurai at a send-off dinner on Thursday for grantees of various Japanese-funded scholarship programmes.
The programmes under which scholarships have been granted to the Pakistani students this year include an 18-month teachers training programme, the one-year Young Leaders Programme, the eight-month Japanese Language Training Program for Foreign Service Officers, and direct MEXT research scholarships which last for two-to-five years, depending on the length of research.
Earlier on Thursday, the embassy today also organised a pre-departure orientation session for the scholarship grantees. Pakistani alumni of the programmes were also invited to the orientation session to share their knowledge and experiences of studying and living in Japan.
Two female teachers have been selected for the teachers training programme, two government officials for the Young Leaders Programme, one foreign service officer for the diplomat training programme, and around 16 students have received direct MEXT research scholarships, which are awarded through Japanese universities rather than the embassy.
The embassy also selects Pakistani students every year under its MEXT Research Scholarship Programme.
Ambassador Kurai congratulated the scholarship grantees and expressed his hope that they would come back to Pakistan to utilise the knowledge and expertise that they will acquire in Japan for the future development of Pakistan.
Simon Nathaniel, works at the Capital Development Authority and went on the Young Leaders Programme in 2009. He said his time in Japan was a “lifetime experience” and “a unique opportunity to learn about other cultures”. He added that as a public policy official, what he observed helped him to learn and plan his work in better ways.
Yasar Ayaz, an alumnus of Tohoku University who now teaches at National University of Sciences and Technology, spoke of the quality of education, especially in his field — robotics.
Sameer Baig, a foreign service officer who will be studying Japanese, said he looks forward to the rich cultural and learning experience. “I’d like to learn about the blend of [advanced] technology and culture, and acquire some professional value addition for future assignments.”
Ayesha Ahmed, a schoolteacher from Balochistan who has been with the provincial education department for five years, is off to Kyoto University for teacher training. She hopes to learn how to “improve the system here, especially in Balochistan” by “observing the system in Japan and learning something new to serve in a better manner”.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 10th, 2016.
Good friends are a lifetime treasure. The grantees here are a bridge [of friendship] between Pakistan and Japan for years to come.
This was said by Japanese Ambassador Takashi Kurai at a send-off dinner on Thursday for grantees of various Japanese-funded scholarship programmes.
The programmes under which scholarships have been granted to the Pakistani students this year include an 18-month teachers training programme, the one-year Young Leaders Programme, the eight-month Japanese Language Training Program for Foreign Service Officers, and direct MEXT research scholarships which last for two-to-five years, depending on the length of research.
Earlier on Thursday, the embassy today also organised a pre-departure orientation session for the scholarship grantees. Pakistani alumni of the programmes were also invited to the orientation session to share their knowledge and experiences of studying and living in Japan.
Two female teachers have been selected for the teachers training programme, two government officials for the Young Leaders Programme, one foreign service officer for the diplomat training programme, and around 16 students have received direct MEXT research scholarships, which are awarded through Japanese universities rather than the embassy.
The embassy also selects Pakistani students every year under its MEXT Research Scholarship Programme.
Ambassador Kurai congratulated the scholarship grantees and expressed his hope that they would come back to Pakistan to utilise the knowledge and expertise that they will acquire in Japan for the future development of Pakistan.
Simon Nathaniel, works at the Capital Development Authority and went on the Young Leaders Programme in 2009. He said his time in Japan was a “lifetime experience” and “a unique opportunity to learn about other cultures”. He added that as a public policy official, what he observed helped him to learn and plan his work in better ways.
Yasar Ayaz, an alumnus of Tohoku University who now teaches at National University of Sciences and Technology, spoke of the quality of education, especially in his field — robotics.
Sameer Baig, a foreign service officer who will be studying Japanese, said he looks forward to the rich cultural and learning experience. “I’d like to learn about the blend of [advanced] technology and culture, and acquire some professional value addition for future assignments.”
Ayesha Ahmed, a schoolteacher from Balochistan who has been with the provincial education department for five years, is off to Kyoto University for teacher training. She hopes to learn how to “improve the system here, especially in Balochistan” by “observing the system in Japan and learning something new to serve in a better manner”.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 10th, 2016.