Scholarships for teachers

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)