JASTECA sponsors Japanese training for staffers

The first round of audits of the annual 5S competition will be completed by the end of this month said JASTECA President Mahinda Saranapala.

He said that once the first round is completed they would select the best 15-20 companies from 97 companies who have applied for the awards. The second round of audits will be conducted by Prof Fujita from Waseda University Japan.

JASTECA was set up in February 1984 as an alumni of the Association for Overseas Technical Scholarship (AOTS) Japan. The objective is to service the returnee trainees of AOTS. The association is engaged in many activities relating to human resource development and transferring of Japanese technical and managerial skills through lectures, seminars and programs conducted in Japan and Sri Lanka.

"We have already sent 200 persons under a self-funded program to Japan for training.

The JASTECA Institute of Management has trained 90 people in TPM. In addition, JASTECA sends people to Japan for training in Green tea. He said that many companies are trying to grow green tea but they should know the process which is very important. Therefore we decided to send people for training to Japan. Already we have sent two teams, each team comprising 15 people.

JASTECA maintains a ward at the cancer hospital in memory of Madam Reiko Yamamoto and provides scholarships under the Madam Kioko Ogawa Scholarship Fund for children who pass the Ordinary Level examination to pursue higher studies. This year we will provide 30 scholarships to children from Batticaloa.

SG