Japan’s Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology offers the scholarship to foreign students who wish to conduct research on school education at Japanese universities.
Each scholar will be placed at a select university based on the study courses chosen by the grantee.
To qualify, applicants must be born on or after April 2, 1976 or not more than 35 years of age. Applicants must be a graduate of a university or a teacher-training school and have worked as a teacher of an elementary or secondary education institution or a teacher-training school for at least five years in total as of April 1, 2011.
Applicants must also be willing to learn Japanese and receive research guidance in Japanese.
The Embassy of Japan will carry out preliminary screening from among applicants by means of interview, written examinations, and review of the submitted documents.
The successful applicant will travel to Japan at the beginning of Oct. 2011 to begin an 18-month period of training.
Japan offers four scholarships to Palauans on a yearly basis in the following areas: professional training program, undergraduate, postgraduate, and teacher training program.
These scholarships cover all expenses including tuition and school fees, living allowances, and travel expenses to Japan.
Kate Oiph-Weers was the first Palauan teacher accepted for the teacher training scholarship when it was first offered in Palau in January 2009. She will complete her studies in March 2011 and will receive professional certification in the field of science education from Naruto University of Education in Tokushima, Japan.
For more information, call Sayaka Fujino or Bernie Ngiralmau of the Embassy of Japan at 680-488-6455/6.
