The Negros Occidental Scholarship Program Division under the Office of the Governor is now accepting applications from Bachelor’s degree graduates for a three-month Japanese Language and Culture Training Course at the OISCA Bago Training Center and intensive Japanese Language Training in Japan for one year.
OISCA International is looking for 20 hardworking, highly-dedicated and trainable individuals who are fully committed to work in Japanese companies in Japan, who are 26 years old and below, single, male or female, a press release from the Capitol said today, January 21.
This program is a collaborative effort between OISCA Bago Training Center and the Negros Occidental provincial government to provide long term job opportunities for Negrenses, it said.
OISCA Bago Training Center directors, Shigemi and Thelma Watanabe, said that the program will be a yearly activity and OISCA International may increase the number of slots next year to accommodate more Negrenses.
However, qualified applicants must pass N5, a Japanese language proficiency test, before they can go to Japan, the press release said.
OISCA International secretary-general, Yasuaki Nagaishi, said that there is a great opportunity now for young college graduates to work in companies in Japan as regular employees with the same chances as Japanese workers to occupy higher positions in the company in the future.
Qualified applicants must study for one year in Japan and pass the Japanese Language Proficiency Level 2 (N2) so that they will be given a working visa, he said.
Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson said that this program gives hope to Negrenses to be able to work permanently in Japan holding higher positions in various Japanese companies. This will surely pave the way to improve the quality of life of many Negrense families, he added.
The provincial government will shoulder cost of the two months live-in Japanese Language and Culture Training Course at the OISCA Bago Training Center under the Study Now, Pay Later Program of NOSPD, while OISCA International will shoulder the remaining one month training. Lacson said.
Applicants must submit their bio data, photo, contact details, college diploma, transcript of records, bio page of passport and an essay on what specific field of work she/he is interested in, the press release said.
Applicants will be interviewed and oriented after the assessment of their documents.
Those who need more information may contact the Negros Occidental Scholarship Program Division at telephone number (034) 431-5892 and look for Karen Dinsay or call the OISCA Bago Training Center at telephone number 7029075 and look for Thelma Watanabe, the press release said.*