Zubair Qureshi
Islamabad
The Japanese government has offered training programmes, which are held in Japan for Pakistani nationals every year as part of development cooperation for future development of Pakistan.
These programmes are implemented by JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency), with the support of the Japanese ministries, municipalities, universities and relevant organizations.
Although around 80 trainees are to participate in a total of 61 courses in FY2020, due to restriction on overseas travel by the Covid-19 pandemic, these curriculums had to be reconsidered, said a press release issued on Tuesday.
JICA therefore, is exploring alternative methods such as online courses so that opportunities to participate in the training will not be lost even in challenging times. The programmes are gradually being decided as shown in the attached tables.
The programmes will restart on a full scale once the pandemic calms down.
The press release further said that Japanese government would be pleased if these trainees learned many things in Japan that could build a bright future for Pakistan.
Among the programmes include ‘Region-Focused Programme where many trainees participate in a course of diverse sectors. In the Region-focused programme, around 60 trainees participate in 50-60 programmes for basically 1-2 months with the participants from the other countries, said the handout.
Since 1957, approximately 5,000 trainees have joined under this programme since 1957. In the second programme—Young Leaders Training—young people who are around 20-35 years old and are expected to lead the development of Pakistan in the future are focused. In this programme, around 10 trainees participate in 1 programme for 2-3 weeks and 495 trainees have joined under this programme since 1991.
