MJA Scholarship: Myanmar-Japan Association Awards Scholarships For 2020 Academic Year

The scholarship conferring ceremony organized by Myanmar-Japan Association (MJA) was held at Sein Lan Soe Pyay Garden on Inya Road, Yangon, in the afternoon on Sunday.

It was attended by the MJA Chairman and executive members, professors and department heads of relevant universities, students chosen for the scholarship and their parents, and former scholarship recipients from 2014-2018. During the ceremony, MJA Chairman U Saw Hla Min explained the reasons for providing the scholarship and its programme. He then conferred the allotted amount from the first-year stipend of 17.1 Million Kyats to each of the 57 students of 6 universities in Yangon Region.

The first-year stipend of 7.5 million for the 25 students of Mandalay University of Foreign Languages and University of Education(Sagaing) was conferred on the students by the MJA Chairman and members with a ceremony at Link 78 Hotel, Mandalay, on 8 February 2020.

The second round of stipends of 200,000 Kyats will be conferred on the successful completion of the first semester examinations.

During the conferring ceremony in Yangon, the 52 recipients of the 2014 - 2018 scholarships were also present and MJA officials awarded the five best students of ‘Personal and Professional Development’ for MJA Students Reunion Tour – 2019. At the same ceremony, MJA officials awarded four junior ambassadors for the BRIDGE Summer Camp-2020, Japan, to be held in Fukuoka.

MJA Chairman U Saw Hla Min personally handed over copies of his book, ‘My Diplomatic Journey’, to libraries of eight universities.