I conducted an online internship from February 21 to March 18, 2022, under the supervision of Dr. Albert Byamugisha (Ogawa Seminar alumnus), a Senior Technical Adviser in the Office of Prime Minister Uganda. Dr. Albert is currently in charge of promoting the SDGs in Uganda at the Office, and my internship was also focused on […]
“Technical Vocational Education and Training and SDGs” lecture by Dr. Shiro Nakata
As one of the “World Bank and the Sustainable Development Goals” (SDGs) series, on January 10th 2022, Dr. Shitro Nakata, senior education economist in WB, delivered a lecture about “Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)”. The objectives of the lecture were to explore the latest challenges and key concepts in […]
“Can the Global Education Architecture Be Made to Work?” lecture by Dr. Nicholas Burnett
On December 28th 2021, as one of the “World Bank and the Sustainable Development Goals” (SDGs) series, Dr. Nicholas Burnett, the former World Bank Sector manager, currently board chair of UNESCO IIEP delivered a lecture on the theme of “Can the Global Education Architecture Be Made to Work?”. The education global architecture consists of UN […]
“Creating Education Systems that Deliver: Education’s Role in Catalyzing Economic Development and Growth” lecture by Dr. Eduardo Bustillo
As one of the “World Bank and the Sustainable Development Goals” (SDGs) series, on December 27th 2021, Dr. Eduardo Bustillo, the current World Bank sector manager, gave a lecture on the theme “Creating Education Systems that Deliver”. Dr. Eduardo discussed how education has evolved internationally, from the conferences of Addis Ababa in the 1960s, Jomtien […]
“Investing in the Early Years and Early Reading and SDGs” lecture by Dr. Eduardo Bustillo
As one of the “World Bank and the Sustainable Development Goals” (SDGs) series, on December 27th 2021, Dr. Eduardo Bustillo, former sector manager of the World Bank, gave a lecture on “Investing in the early years and early reading and SDGs”. Dr. Eduardo pointed out that SDG 4, especially in Early Childhood Development (ECD), requires […]
Ogawa Seminar student received the “Excellent Research Presentation Award” at the 28th Japan Society for Africa Educational Research Conference
The 28th Japan Society for Africa Educational Research (JSAER) Conference was held virtually at Hyogo University of Teacher Education on October 9th (Sat) and 10th (Sun), 2021. At this conference, 13 researchers and practitioners presented their work. From the Ogawa seminar, one alumnus, two doctoral students, and three master students presented their research. Among them, […]
The 57th Japan Comparative Education Society Annual Conference at University of Tsukuba
The 57th Japan Comparative Education Society Annual Conference was virtually held at University of Tsukuba between June 25th (Fri) and 26th (Sun), 2021. In the conference, there were 13 roundtable sessions, 34 presentation sessions, an open symposium and 2 selected research sessions. Professor Ogawa chaired the session on the Middle East region on the second […]
The 27th Japan Society for Africa Educational Research Conference at Osaka University
The 27th Japan Society for Africa Educational Research (JSAER) Conference was held virtually at Osaka University on April 10th (Sat) and 11th (Sun), 2021. At this conference, more than 25 researchers and practitioners presented their work. From the Ogawa seminar, one alumnus, one doctoral student, and four master students presented their research in this forum. […]
The 17th International Education Development Forum (IEDF) at International Christian University
The 17th International Education Development Forum (IEDF) was held at International Christian University on November 13th (Saturday) and 14th (Sunday), 2020. IEDF is an annual academic research group for professors and graduate students from 11 invited universities in Japan and overseas. On the first day, there was an online networking session, providing students with a […]