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12 July 2007
A
Japanese Government Scholarship Student
to leave for
Japan
The Japanese Government offers a variety of Scholarship Programmes to
Bruneians including postgraduate research courses, undergraduate courses,
professional training and teacher training courses.
Ak Hj Roni Ismadani bin Pg Ismail,
will embark on a
journey to
Japan
next week to begin a programme of study after being awarded the
‘Asian Youth Fellowship (AYF) Scholarship’.
The ‘AYF Scholarship’ is a unique program and offered to university
or college graduates in only 10 ASEAN countries plus
Bangladesh
who have a Bachelor’s
degree or Master’s degree. It
provides intensive Japanese language training and the opportunity to study in a
Japanese graduate school. First, he will take a Japanese language training course at the Japan
Foundation Japanese-Language Institute in
Osaka
for
approximately 7 months. After completing the preparatory courses, he will
proceed to a Japanese graduate school as a Japanese Government (Monbukagaku-sho)
scholarship student.
Ak Hj Roni Ismadani wishes
to obtain a Master’s degree in the field of history study. As
a tutor at the Faculty
of Arts & Social Sciences, University Brunei Darussalam,
he would like to carry
out research on East Asian History.
Under the AYF Scholarship, Ms Rosnah OPAI has studied at
Hiroshima
University
and is now working at UBD as
a lecturer. Currently, Mr Chin Wei Keh is studying at
Tokyo
Gakugei
University
. Including other Japanese
Government Scholarships, 53
Brunei
students have been awarded
Japanese Government Scholarships to date. Eleven
students are currently studying in
Japan
; Ak Hj Roni will be the 12th.
Applications for next year’s AYF Scholarship will be available soon.
Ak Hj Roni is expected to enhance his professional knowledge and skills
as a teacher whilst also learning about the people and culture of
Japan
.
The Embassy of Japan sincerely hopes he will enjoy his study in
Japan
and make life-long friends.