INTERNATIONAL FRIENDSHIP PROGRAM

JAPAN-MALAYSIA 2010


JAPAN
School Name: Yomitan Junior High School (Yomitan tyuugakkou)
Head Master: Mr. KAWASAKI Seitoku (family name first)
School System: Public junior high school (boys and girls, about 12 to 15 in age)
School Address: Uechi 31-1, Yomitan-Son, Okinawa, 904-0321, Japan
School Phone No: 098-958-2303
School Fax No: 098-958-2546
E-mail: t2-yomitan@yomitan.jp
School URL: http://www5.ocn.ne.jp/~yomityu/
Number of Students : 850



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Malaysia
School Name: Bukit Mertajam High School (SMK Tinggi Bukit Mertajam)
Head Master: Mr MOHD GHAZALI Bakar
School System: Government School (boys and girls, about 13 to 17 in age)
School Address: No 77, Jalan Sri Bukit, 14000 Bukit Mertajam, Penang, Malaysia
School Phone No: 604-5393420
School Fax No: 604-3581009
E-mail: smktbm75@yahoo.com
School URL: http://smktinggibukitmertajam.blogspot.com/
Number of Students: 1600




Aims to implement friendship program between schools in different countries. The title of a program is International Friendship Program. For this time, we are planning to have friendship between Japan and Malaysia. The schools that have been selected are Yomitan Junior High School from Japan and Bukit Mertajam High School from Malaysia. Program will be implemented in real time using Skype for video conference. Students will be able to communicate and do discussion among one another. This program is expected to increase student interest and open their minds to interact with students from various countries.

Objectives:
1. To have friendship between schools in different countries.
2. To have culture exchanging between Japanese and Malaysian.
3. To have direct interaction among students from different countries.
4. To promote the use of various languages to communicate.
5. To have experience and become vivid with real time in communication technology.

This project was proposed by:
1. HONDA Katsuya - Okinawa, Japan
2. FARIDAH Ahmad - Penang, Malaysia