The 50th JCES Annual Conference held at Nagoya University in Japan: Presentations by Prof. Keiichi Ogawa and his Students and Alumni

The 50th Japan Comparative Education Society’s (JCES) Annual Conference was held at Nagoya University from July 11th to 13th, 2014. Prof. Keiichi Ogawa’s Seminar students actively participate in domestic and international academic conferencesrelated to comparative and international education. During this year’s JCES conference, Prof. Keiichi Ogawa and eleven of his students (two alumni and nine current students) presented their full papers and received very valuable comments and advice to help them improve their respective academic research projects.

On the first day of the conference, Prof. Ogawa chaired a round-table discussion themed “Educational Finance and Administration: Focus on Primary Schools in Developing Countries”. Dr. James Wokadala, who is a lecturer at Makerere University, Uganda and Ogawa zemi alumni, was one of the presenters during the round-table discussion. Moreover, Mr. Toyohiko Yogo, who is a doctoral student under Prof. Ogawa and Assistant Professor at the Toyohashi University of Technology made a presentation in another round-table session titled “Emerging International Dimensions in East Asian Higher Education”.

After the conference’s reception held on the second day, Prof. Ogawa and his students (current and former) had a reunion dinner at a restaurant around JR Nagoya Station. Since lots of Prof. Ogawa Seminar’s students and alumni are working in various institutions out of Kobe, it was a good opportunity to update each other about personal, professional and academic developments and to exchange contact information. A number of Ogawa Zemi alumnae who obtained master’s degree in March 2014 took part in the conference and joined this reunion dinner.

All the presentations by participants from Prof. Ogawa’s Seminar are listed below in alphabetical order. English presentation is mentioned as (E), while Japanese presentation is (J).

Chea, P. “Child Labor and School Outcome in Cambodia: Primary and Secondary Education”, Paper presented at the 50th Japan Comparative Education Society’s Annual Meeting, Nagoya University, July, 2014. (E)
Ibraeva, E. “Effect of Remittances on Investments in Children’s Education in the Kyrgyz Republic”, Paper presented at the 50th Japan Comparative Education Society’s Annual Meeting, Nagoya University, July, 2014. (E)
Inui, M., Notsu, T. & Chea, P. “Labor Mobility and Formation of Education Support Network in the Mekong River Basin: The Case of Thailand, Laos and Cambodia”, Paper presented at the 50th Japan Comparative Education Society’s Annual Meeting, Nagoya University, July, 2014. (J).
Ogawa, K. “An Analysis on Teacher Education in Myanmar: Using System Assessment and Benchmarking for Education Results (SABER) Framework”, Paper presented at the 50th Japan Comparative Education Society’s Annual Meeting, Nagoya University, July, 2014. (E)
Ohashi, N. “An Analysis on Girls’ Learning Achievement through TIMSS 2011: A Case in Palestine”, Paper presented at the 50th Japan Comparative Education Society’s Annual Meeting, Nagoya University, July, 2014. (E)
Okurut, J. M. “Effect of Automatic Promotion on Students’ Dropout Rate and Learning Achievements: Evidence from Uganda’s Primary Education”, Paper presented at the 50th Japan Comparative Education Society’s Annual Meeting, Nagoya University, July, 2014. (E)
Sakaue, K. “The Determinants of School Enrollment under the Universal Primary Education Policy in Uganda”, Paper presented at the 50th Japan Comparative Education Society’s Annual Meeting, Nagoya University, July, 2014. (E)
Shiomi, M. “An Impact Analysis of Internal Migrant Labor on Child Education in India”, Paper presented at the 50th Japan Comparative Education Society’s Annual Meeting, Nagoya University, July, 2014. (J).
Sisouphanthong, V. “The Effect of Financial Incentive to Prevent Teacher to Move to Other Occupations: Evidence from Laos”, Paper presented at the 50th Japan Comparative Education Society’s Annual Meeting, Nagoya University, July, 2014. (E)
Umeno, T. “Determinants of School Attendance and Children’s Work in Vietnam”, Paper presented at the 50th Japan Comparative Education Society’s Annual Meeting, Nagoya University, July, 2014. (E)
Wokadala, J. “Teacher Preparation and Continuing Professional Education in Primary Teacher Colleges in Uganda―Capacity Gap Analysis”, Paper presented at the 50th Japan Comparative Education Society’s Annual Meeting, Nagoya University, July, 2014. (E)
Yasuoka, A. “An Analysis on Relationship between Education and Labor Market in Tajikistan”, Paper presented at the 50th Japan Comparative Education Society’s Annual Meeting, Nagoya University, July, 2014. (E)
Zahar, A. S. “Determinants of Secondary School Enrollment in Indonesia”, Paper presented at the 50th Japan Comparative Education Society’s Annual Meeting, Nagoya University, July, 2014. (E)