Ogawa seminar students received the “Outstanding Poster Session Award” at the 33rd JASID Annual Conference

The 33rd Japan Society for International Development (JASID) Annual Conference was held on 3rd and 4th of December 2022 at Meiji University. The 33rd JASID conference was held offline and online. At the conference, there were 32 sessions and 9 poster sessions in which the topic was related to education, economics, environment, social development, community, culture, gender peacebuilding, disaster, and sanitation.

As for poster sessions, 2 doctoral students and 4 master’s students from the Ogawa seminar presented their research. Mr. Takumi Kobayashi, a doctoral student who presented his research result, was awarded the ‘Outstanding Poster Session Award”. His research title was “The Effects of Community and Parental Participation on Educational Quality in Ugandan Primary Education: Case of Bushenyi and Wakiso Districts”. His research was conducted by mixed methods; qualitative and quantitative analysis. With this analysis, his research revealed that active community and parental involvement are positively correlated with educational quality, especially school learning environments, financial resources, and teaching and learning interactions.

The following are the research titles presented by Ogawa seminar’s students:

• Daas, Y. “The Influence of Mothers’ Education, Child’s Labour and Family Income on Expected Education Attainment in Bangladesh”. Proceedings of the 33rd Japan Society for International Development, p. 478, 2022. (E)
• Danilo, L, D. “Factors Influencing the Effectiveness of Municipal Governments in Primary Education Student Achievement in Brazil”. Proceedings of the 33rd Japan Society for International Development, p. 478, 2022. (E)
• Ishii, Y. “An Analysis of School-based Management on Learning Outcomes in Senegal Primary Education”. Proceedings of the 33rd Japan Society for International Development, p. 476, 2022. (E)
• Kobayashi, T. “The Effects of Community and Parental participation on Educational Quality in Ugandan primary Education: Case of Bushenyi and Wakiso Districts”. Proceeding of the 33rd Japan Society for International Development, p. 470, 2022. (E)
• Uchiyama, K. “Analysis of Early Childhood Development on Academic Achievement in Uganda Primary School”. Proceedings of the 33rd Japan Society for International Development, p. 479, 2022. (E)
• Uno, K. “Analysis of Access to Pre-primary Education in Bangladesh from Demand-side Perspective”. Proceedings of the 33rd Japan Society for International Development, p. 472, 2022. (E)

The next Japan Society for International Development Spreng Conference will be held at Akita International University in June 2023.

Authored by Rika Sugiura (Master’s student)