The 59th Annual Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) was held at Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington, DC, from March 8 to 13, 2015. At this year’s CIES conference, six of the graduate students from Prof. Ogawa’s Seminar presented their full papers, and received very valuable comments and advice to help them improve respective research works. On March 10, Prof. Keiichi Ogawa served as one of the discussants in the session titled “Toward the Post 2015 Education Cooperation: An Insight from Japan”, and greatly stimulated the discussion.
Presentations of Prof. Ogawa’s seminar students are listed in alphabetical order as follows:
- Ishino, S. “Impact Analysis of School Facility on Learning Achievement in Primary Education in Togo,” Paper presented at the 59th ’s Comparative and International Education Society’s Annual Conference, Washington, DC, March, 2015. (E)
- Numasawa, T. “Why Are Teachers Absent?: Case in Public Primary Schools in Uganda,” Paper presented at the 59th ’s Comparative and International Education Society’s Annual Conference, Washington, DC, March, 2015. (E)
- Okurut, J. M. “Effect of Automatic Promotion on Students’ Dropout Rate and Learning Achievements in Uganda’s Primary Education,” Paper presented at the 59th ’s Comparative and International Education Society’s Annual Conference, Washington, DC, March, 2015. (E)
- Onji, A. “The Effect of School Feeding Programme of Student Performance: Case of Public Primary School in Uganda,” Paper presented at the 59th ’s Comparative and International Education Society’s Annual Conference, Washington, DC, March, 2015. (E)
- Sakaue, K. “Ensuring Primary School Attendance in Uganda: Effects of Private Financing under the Universal Primary Education Policy,” Paper presented at the 59th ’s Comparative and International Education Society’s Annual Conference, Washington, DC, March, 2015. (E)
- Yoshii, S. “Effect of Muslim Culture on School Environment in Indonesia,” Paper presented at the 59th ’s Comparative and International Education Society’s Annual Conference, Washington, DC, March, 2015. (E)

Authored by Katsuki Sakaue
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