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Japan provides Human Resources Development scholarships for Sri Lankan public sector

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In view of ensuring further career development of  Japanese Grant Aid for Human Resources Development Scholarship (JDS) fellows, Japan has agreed to offer scholarships for PhD programmes, at most 2 slots per batch. 

Accordingly, altogether 195 (15 per year) opportunities for Master Degree Programmes and  10 opportunities for PhD programmes have already been provided under this scholarship programm, Finance Ministry said. 

The Japanese Grant Aid for Human Resources Development Scholarship (JDS) Programme was introduced to Sri Lanka in 2010 by the Government of Japan in order to provide opportunities to the executive level public sector officials to undergo Master's Degree  Programmes in prominent universities in Japan.


Accordingly, the First Framework (2010-2013), the Second Framework (2014-2017) and the  Third Framework (2018–2021) of this programme were successfully completed in 2013,  2017 and 2021 respectively. The Fourth Framework (2022 –2025), started in 2022 and will  end in 2025.

The selection process of the first batch under the Fourth Framework has already been 
completed and the selected officials are scheduled to commence their studies in September 2022. 

The Government of Japan, since 2010, has been providing necessary grant funds for 
the expenditure of the JDS programme annually and accordingly, in 2022 also, a grant 
the assistance of Japanese Yen 282 million (approximately Rs. 761 million according to current exchange rate) has been offered to Sri Lanka. 

The Government of Sri Lanka expects that the public officers, who will be benefited under  this programme, will contribute to the socio economic development of the country in a productive manner with self–confidence, and also contribute to strengthen the existing bilateral relationship between the two countries, the statement from the Ministry said.

An Exchange of Note between the two Governments, and Grant Agreements between the 
Government of Sri Lanka and the JICA for the implementation of this programme were 
signed on 08th August 2022 at the Ministry of Finance, Economic Stabilization & National 
Policies.

K M M Siriwardana, Secretary to the Ministry of Finance, Economic Stabilization & National Policies on behalf of the Government of Sri Lanka, Mizukoshi Hideaki,  Ambassador of Japan in Sri Lanka on behalf of the Government of Japan and Yamada Tetsuya, Chief Representative of the Japan International Cooperation Agency on behalf of the Government of Japan signed the relevant documents.

 

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