Japan donates Maldives $1.3 million for scholarships

Maldives and Japan sign the Exchange of Notes to provide a grant aid of 194 million Japanese Yen (approximately $1.3 million) to the Maldives for the continuation of scholarships opportunities to be offered by Japan for the fiscal year 2025, under the Japanese Project for Human Resource Development Scholarship (JDS). 

The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Sheryna Abdul Samad and the Ambassador of Japan to the Maldives Ishigami Rumiko signed the Exchange of Notes on Monday, at a ceremony held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 

The grant will provide 6 scholarships this year to the Maldivian students, a project which was implemented in August 2020, by the government of Japan for further enhancing Human Resource Development in the Maldives.

The ceremony was attended by the Minister of State for Higher Education, Labour and Skills Development Dr Abdul Raheem Hasan and senior officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Higher Education, Labour and Skills Development, Civil Service Commission, the Embassy of Japan, and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).