Japan Commits PHP 143 million for Scholarship Project

On July 6, 2021, Ambassador KOSHIKAWA Kazuhiko and Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro L. Locsin, Jr. signed and exchanged notes on the Project for Human Resource Development Scholarship by Japanese Grant Aid (JDS) for Academic Year 2022.
 
A fund amounting to 329 million yen (approximately 143 million pesos*) will be provided to cover for a maximum of 22 JDS fellows consisting of young officials from various Philippine government institutions who will enter Japan starting Academic Year 2022 to pursue postgraduate studies.
 
The project aims to enhance the JDS fellows’ expertise in their respective fields and to help build a pool of future Filipino leaders who will greatly contribute to the country’s overall economic development. Since 2002, Japan has supported a total of 382 JDS fellows from the Philippines.
 


* From BSP: PHP-JPY Exchange Rate = .4372 (2021 June average)