Scholarships for teachers

SURABAYA: Japan's Ministry of Education is inviting Indonesian teachers to apply for the Mombusho scholarship for an upgrading program at several universities in Japan.

The one-and-a-half-year program, which starts in October, 1998, is open to elementary, junior and senior high school teachers as well as those from the state-owned Teachers Training Institute, Antara reported.

Applications should be submitted to the Japanese embassy in Jakarta or the Japanese consulates in Surabaya, Medan and Ujungpandang.

Applications can also be submitted to the Directorate General for Higher Education or provincial education and culture offices. Deadline for submission of applications is February, 1998. (swe)