Assam launches Japanese language programme for youth; aims to send 50,000 boys, girls to Japan for work

Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has announced plans to train 50,000 youth in the Japanese language and send them to Japan for work opportunities. He made the announcement today through his official X account.

In a video, uploaded on his X account, Sarma said that the Assam government will train boys and girls of the state with foreign language skills with the first cohort to learn Japanese language.

He further said that his target was to send 50,000 boys and girls from Assam to Japan.

The Chief Minister’s Foreign Languages Initiative for Global Human Talent (CM-FLIGHT) will help the youth of the state to find employment opportunities in different parts of the world, he wrote on his X account.

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“In the first phase, 180 youth will receive Japanese language training along with cultural training, job placement support & financial assistance, further deepening our robust Indo-Japan collaboration across various sectors and boost people to people ties between Assam and Japan,” CM Sarma said on X.

He further said that the Chief Minister’s Foreign Languages Initiative for Global Human Talent-a scheme will empower Assam's youth with foreign language skills and open doors to global working opportunities to make them economically strong.

CM Sarma also expressed his gratitude to Nishikawa for reducing the fee of the Japanese languages programme to Rs 30,000 after government subsidies.

Explaining the reduction in fees of the language programme, the chief minister said: “When we launched this scheme, the fees of the programme was Rs 3,60,000. Out of which, Rs 1 lakh will be given by the government of Assam, and Rs 50,000 by the government of Japan. Totalling Rs 1.5 lakh. Hence, the remaining amount Rs 2.1 lakh will be paid by us. This morning I spoke again with the Japanese government, they reduced the programme fee to Rs 1.8 lakh. This means, the total fees of the course now becomes only Rs 30,000.”