POBNEWS24, Dhaka, Sep 14, 2022 : ITO Naoki, Ambassador of Japan to Bangladesh, attended the handover ceremony of the textbooks held at the learning centre in the “Rohingya” refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar on September 12.
During the ceremony, total 81,000 textbooks of Myanmar language grammar, Mathematics, History, General Science and other subjects were handed over from Mr. KOMORI Takashi, Senior Representative of JICA Bangladesh to Mr. Sheldon Yett, Representative of UNICEF Bangladesh in the presence of Mr. Shah Rezwan Hayat, RRRC. The learning materials, which Japan funded, will be used for the implementation of Myanmar Curriculum Pilot, which was approved in January 2020.
Ambassador ITO expressed his delight that the learning centres reopened after more than one and half a year due to the COVID19 outbreak, saying, “We hope this assistance will contribute to the learning of “Rohingya” children. I believe it is particularly important for them to learn the language, history and culture of Myanmar so that they may reintegrate to the society after repatriating to their home country.”
Japan will further cooperate with the relevant agencies for better living conditions for “Rohingya” and host communities both in Cox’s Bazar and Bhasan Char. At the same time, Japan will make an effort for early repatriation to Myanmar. Finding lasting solutions to this crisis will be conducive to our pursuit of a “Free and Open Indo-Pacific”.
