10 June, 2009

20 Bangladeshi young government officials will leave for Japan

for Japan Development Scholarship (JDS)

On June 10, 2009 the send-off ceremony for the fellows of Japan Development Scholarship (JDS) was held by inviting JDS returned fellows at the Japanese Ambassador’s residence.

Out of 269 candidates, 20 Bangladeshi young government officials have been selected for JDS. The fellows have completed one and a half month Japanese language training programme. They will leave for Japan at the end of June for studying for two years to get Master's degrees in four fields: Public Administration, Economics, international relations and Environmental Policy.

During the ceremony, the H. E. Mr. Masayuki Inoue, the Ambassador of Japan called JDS fellows to keep in mind that both Bangladeshi and Japanese people expect a great deal from them for the development of their own country through making the best use of knowledge and experience acquired in Japan.

The formal title of Japan Development Scholarship is "The Japanese Grant Aid for Human Resource Development Scholarship (JDS)." This was established by the Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh with the assistance of the Government of Japan starting from the year 2001. JDS will contribute to enhance the knowledge and skills of young Bangladeshi people so that they can play leading roles in the development of Bangladesh after completion of their studies. In the last 7 years, a total of 147 JDS fellows were sent to Japan, and 109 fellows have already come back to Bangladesh with their accomplishments and ambitions to contribution to the country.  These new 20 fellows are also expected to contribute to the development of this county in their field after their return.