2010 marks the twentieth anniversary of the UK JET Alumni Association (JETAA-UK.) Over the last two decades, JETAA has sought to provide assistance, advice and support to former participants of the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Programme. It has also endeavoured to maintain and develop grassroots cultural links with Japanese organisations and promote the JET Programme and similar educational exchanges between the United Kingdom and Japan.
In the two decades since its establishment, 95,000 people have participated on the JET Programme, including 17,500 from the United Kingdom. The majority of participants are placed in elementary, junior and senior schools as teaching assistants, with others fulfilling roles as Coordinators for International Relations (CIRs) in local governments and boards of education.
Over 5,000 former participants of the programme are members of the JETAA-UK and can take part in events organised nationally and locally by our six regional chapters in London, the Midlands, Wales, North West England, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Our annual activities include hosting a Careers Information Day for returning JETs, promoting Japan at the annual Spitalfields Japanese festival in London, promoting the JET Programme at universities and organising local pre-departure events for future participants.
Further information about our history and plans to mark our twentieth anniversary can be found here.
