Book Publication “Towards Ensuring Inclusive and Equitable Quality Education for All: Analyzing School Enrolment Patterns”

This book presents a comprehensive case study analysis of school attendance patterns across 12 countries in Asia, Latin America, and Africa. By tracing the educational trajectories of children—from enrollment, through challenges such as grade repetition and dropout, to eventual graduation or withdrawal—it illuminates the nuanced realities of education often overlooked in cross-sectional data analysis.

Utilizing longitudinal datasets, the book uncovers unique individual experiences typically obscured by average statistics. It employs a mixed-methods research design, combining quantitative analysis with qualitative insights from semi-structured interviews, to ensure a deep and holistic understanding of education at the individual level.

The insights derived from this child-centered analysis offer innovative contributions toward achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG 4): Quality Education for All by 2030. This volume serve as a valuable resource for policymakers, practitioners, researchers, and graduate students specializing in comparative education, international educational development, and international cooperation.

Professor Keiichi Ogawa played a pivotal role in this publication, serving as editor and authoring four chapters. Other contributors include Ogawa Seminar (Ogawa-Zemi) alumni—Associate Professor Akemi Ashida (Nagoya University), Associate Professor James Wokadala (Makerere University), Dr. Chea Phal (World Bank)—and current Ogawa-Zemi student Sheikh Rashid Bin Islam, who co-authored chapters in the book. The table of contents below highlights contributions from Professor Ogawa, Ogawa-Zemi alumni, and Ogawa-Zemi’s current student.

Book chapter title

Introduction (Dr. Takeshi Sekiya, Dr. Akemi Ashida)
Challenges for Providing Quality Education in Central America: Lessons from the Achievements of the Past Four Decades (Dr. Akemi Ashida, Dr. Takeshi Sekiya)
Notable Progress and Prospective Challenges in Diverse Regions of South and Southeast Asia (Dr. Natsuho Yoshida)
Access or Quality? New Challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa (Dr. Naruho Ezalo, Dr. Keiichi Ogawa)
Who Has Still Been Left Behind? A Comparative Analysis of Children’s Enrolment Patterns in Different Geographical Areas of Honduras (Dr. Akemi Ashida, Dr. Takeshi Sekiya)
Changes in Female Primary and Secondary School Enrolment in El Salvador Since the Early 1980s (Dr. Akemi Ashida)
Barriers to Completion of Basic Education: Individual Children’s Actual Enrolment Status in Nepal (Dr. Naruho Ezaki)
Analysis of Enrolment Patterns in Myanmar’s Primary Education by Socioeconomic Status (Dr. Natsuho Yoshida)
Impact of ‘Ethnic Affinity’ Between Teachers and Children on Enrolment Status: Evidence from the Northern Lao PDR (Dr. Natsuho Yoshida)
Examining Student Enrolment Patterns: Case of Lower Secondary School in Siem Reap, Cambodia (Dr. Akemi Ashida, Dr. Chea Phal, Dr. Yuto Kitamura)
Analysis of Student Retention in Primary Education Level Under Mongolia’s Automatic Promotion Policy (Dr. Keiichi Ogawa, Dr. Khishigbuyan Dayan-Ochir, Mr. Sheikh Rashid Bin Islam)
Educational Strategies of Children Living in a Developing Country: A Longitudinal School Record Study of Malawi Secondary Schools (Dr. Jun Kawaguchi)
Analysis of Students’ Flow Patterns from Primary Through Lower Secondary Cycle Under Automatic Promotion Policy in Uganda (Dr. James Wokadala, Dr. Keiichi Ogawa)
Individual Learners’ Enrolment Status in Primary and Secondary Education: A Case Study of a Rural City in Zambia (Dr. Naruho Ezaki)
Common Enrolment Patterns, Grade Repetition and Unique Cases: International Comparative Analysis on Enrolment Status (Dr. Naruho Ezaki)
Lessons from Japanese Educational Development Experiences: Comparison of Enrolment Status Between Developing Countries and the Meiji Period of Japan (Dr. Natsuho Yoshida)
Conclusion: Prospects and Implications from Individual Children’s School Enrolment Analysis (Dr. Takeshi Sekiya, Dr. Keiichi Ogawa, Dr. Yuto Kitamura, Dr. Akemi Ashida)