TWENTY Negrenses, who are recipients of the Japanese Language and Careworker Study Scholarship Program, signed a Memorandum of Agreement with Negros Occidental Governor Alfredo Marañon Jr. at the Capitol, Friday, September 15.
The said scholarship program was created with the aim to provide educational opportunities to poor but deserving Negrense youth, and eventually provide them with employment opportunities in the field of elderly care in Japan.
The Negros Occidental Scholarship Program has partnered with Houei Enterprise Inc. and Social Welfare Corporation, Yutaka No Sato in Japan to extend a scholarship program to graduates of Nursing and Midwifery who desire to learn the Japanese Language and Caregiving for the first three years and three months that will lead them to work permanently as careworkers for the elderly.
The said scholarship is a study now-pay later program under the NOSP Division of the Provincial Government.
The province is also providing the scholars with a four-month live-in extensive training on Japanese Language and Culture at the Oisca Bago Training Center to further equip them with the necessary skills and for them to learn more about the Japanese standards.
Marañon advised them to learn the basic values of Japanese people and apply them in their own lives for them to have a successful career in Japan.
The scholars come from the different towns and cities of Negros Occidental.
They are Ferlie Argando of La Castellana, Pauline Arro of Kabankalan City, Femar Aquino of Cadiz City, Kevin Catequista of Sipalay City, Melbourne Crispo of San Enrique, Renita Michelle Dandan of Kabankalan City, Don Vetsky Decena of Hinobaan, Mary Grace Ebro of Talisay City, Rhea Mae Ermeo of Bago City, John Mark Fernandez of Silay City, Jazmin Ferrer of Cadiz City, Lyrine Ortiz and Jaime Padrid Jr. of Himamaylan City, Edson Pakingking of Murcia, Tracy Rubio of Pontevedra, Cherie Mae Semeña of Binalbagan, Hervie Superticioso of Pontevedra, Arjean Faith Valiente and Danber Virtucio of Cadiz City, and Hyacinth Ywayan of Kabankalan City.
The scholars are scheduled to leave for Japan in the first week of January 2019.(PR)