"The Japan - Myanmar Vocational Training Institute, funded by the Japanese government, will now accept the first batch of trainees,, according to the Ministry of Education. The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) had signed an agreement with the government in December last year, aiming to establish Japan-Myanmar Aung San Vocational Training Institute. The three-year course in Automobile Maintenance and Industrial Electrical Engineering for an AGTI Diploma will start in December. Each course will accept 20 trainees who will be selected depending on the marks of English and Maths Subjects in the matriculation exam. “Firstly, Japanese teachers together with Myanmar teachers who were trained in Japan will be teaching the trainees,” said unidentified officer from Technology, Vocational and Practicing Department..."