New Delhi: The Ministry of Human Resource and Development has invited applications from primary and secondary school teachers for a Japanese government-sponsored scholarship programme.
As per reports, the Embassy of Japan in India will offer up to 15 ‘teacher training scholarships’ to Indian school teachers for the academic year 2020. An allowance of 1,43,000 yen per month will be given to the selected teachers.
The scholarship aims to engage the Indian teachers to conduct research on the Japanese education system for 18 months from October 2020.
The Central Board of Secondary Education can send 10 nominations to the Ministry while the Kendriya Vidyalayas Sangathan and Navodaya Vidyalaya Sangathan can send 20 nominations each. Central Tibetan School Administration (CTSA) can send 5 nominations.
Eligibility:
Applicants must be graduates from a recognised university or teacher training school and should have worked as teachers at primary/secondary educational institutions or teacher training schools (excluding universities) for a total period of five years. In-service faculty members in a higher education institution are not eligible.
Each nomination must be accompanied by a research proposal which should be sent via email as a pdf attachment at ‘[email protected]’.
Selections process:
The candidates will be selected by an evaluation process based on their research proposal, interview and written test schedules which will be held on February 1, 2020 in Delhi.
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