$2.4m Japanese grant for Pakistan's HR development programme.

ISLAMABAD -- The Japanese government announced on Tuesday grant aid worth about $2.4 million for the Human Resource Development Scholarship (JDS) programme in 2022-23.

JDS is designed to support social and economic development of the country by providing an opportunity to government officials to obtain masters or doctoral degree in Japan in order to strengthen their administrative capacity.

The participants of JDS programme who are involved in formulation and implementation of policies are expected to learn in partner universities in Japan and acquire knowledge of their specialties as well as to know how Japan became a country as it is today.

As JDS in Pakistan started from 2018 and has four batches in four consecutive years, the first phase concluded this year. This occasion celebrates the signing of the very first batch of the second phase of this programme. For this batch, the maximum number of the slots for JDS participants in Pakistan is 17 seats for the master's degree and one seat for the doctoral degree.

Charge d' Affaires at the Japan embassy Ishii Kensuke and Economic Affairs Secretary Mian Asad...

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