The 2009 ASJA Participants with Dr. Georgina Palmario, Supervisor (fourth from left) and Ms. Masako Nozu-Researcher/Adviser-JICC, Embassy of Japan (fourth from right). Standing at the back are the parents who are former Japanese scholars. |
The group of six high school students from different schools in the Philippines and its supervisor, Dr. Georgina Palmario, will leave for Japan from November 15 to December 1, 2009 under the JAPAN-EAST ASIA NETWORK OF EXCHANGE FOR STUDENTS AND YOUTHS (JENESYS) - ASJA (Asia Japan Alumni Association) Jr. Program.
The JENESYS-ASJA Jr. Program is a two-week “Visit-Japan Program” which aims to provide the 13 to 15 year-old students with opportunities to deepen understanding of the Japanese culture through home-stay and other exchange activities with the Japanese junior high school students. Aside from the Philippines , participants from Brunei , Indonesia , Malaysia and Singapore are also invited in this batch. While the students from these countries interact with their peers at the Kamigo Junior High School , the supervisors have an opportunity to interact with their counterparts at this Japanese junior high school as well as to exchange views on education with each other.
Last November 7 the participating youths, with their parents, who came from various regions including NCR and Region 2 attended a pre-departure orientation organized by the Japan Information and Culture Center (JICC), the Embassy of Japan in cooperation with the Philippine Federation of Japan Alumni (PHILFEJA). They demonstrated enthusiasm to learn some basic Nihongo greetings and other interesting Japanese culture and are all excited about their upcoming visit to Japan .
The JENESYS-ASJA JR. PROGRAM , which started on 2007, is sponsored by the Japanese government and is implemented jointly by the ASJA (Asia Japan Alumni Association) International and PHILFEJA in the Philippines , in cooperation with JICC, the Embassy of Japan.
Under JENESYS, the Japanese Government also offers the “10-Day Visit Japan Programme” and the “ASEAN 10 + Timor Leste Joint Programme” for 16 to 18 year- old students (April 2010 to May 2010).
Interested students can still apply to be part of the April and May programs. Application forms and guidelines for both Programme are available at the National Youth Commission. They can also be downloaded from the websites of NYC ( www.youth.net.ph ) and the Embassy of Japan ( www.ph.emb-japan.go.jp ). The deadline for the submission of application forms for both programs is on 4 December 2009.
For further information, please contact:
| Ms. Marielou Chua
NYC JENESYS Secretariat
3 rd Floor Bookman Building
Quezon Ave. , Quezon City
Tel. No. 781-1406
http://www.youth.net.ph |
Japan Information and Culture Center (JICC)
Embassy of Japan
2627 Roxas Boulevard
Pasay City 1300
Tel. No. 551-5710 local 2315
http://www.ph.emb-japan.go.jp |
