Naruhito hopes to enhance cooperation with Permata

BANGI: Japan’s Crown Prince Naruhito has expressed the desire for enhanced cooperation between the PERMATApintar National Gifted Centre of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia and schools for highly skilled students in Japan, said Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor.

The Permata Negara Programme Patron said Prince Naruhito conveyed this desire for cooperation to her when he visited the PERMATApintar Centre at UKM here yesterday.

Speaking to reporters after the visit of the Crown Prince, Rosmah said the enhanced cooperation would include increasing the number of students involved in the student- exchange programme.

“This year, it is anticipated that 100 students from Japan will come to the PERMATApintar Centre and 10 Malaysian students will be sent to Japan,” said Rosmah, who is the wife of the Prime Minister.

She said exchange of students between PERMATApintar Negara and selected schools in Japan began in 2015 when 50 Japanese students came to Malaysia and seven Malaysian students went to Japan.

Rosmah said Japan did not face financial constraints in sending many students to Malaysia. Asked about Crown Prince Naruhito’s visit to the PERMATApintar Centre, Rosmah said he appreciated the visit. — Bernama