Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies (GSICS), Kobe University
To Potential Ogawa Seminar Students, I am currently a master’s student at Korea University, South Korea, and my major is International Development Cooperation. From October 2017 to September 2018, I studied in Kobe University’s GSICS as a double degree exchange student and obtained my Master of Economics degree in September 2018. It was an excellent […]
Dr. Shinsaku Nomura, a Senior Economist of the World Bank, delivered a career seminar on international organization, titled “Building Career for International Development: How to Make Yourself Marketable to Market Demands” in Kobe University’s Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies (GSICS) on August 24th, 2018. Dr. Nomura is Professor Ogawa’s former student, and he has […]
From February 5th to March 27th, 2018, I conducted my internship in the Education Global Practice, East Asia and Pacific (EAP) Region at the World Bank Headquarters, where Practice Manager Dr. Harry Anthony Patrinos hired me as a temporary short-term consultant (intern). At the Bank, my direct supervisor was Dr. Dandan Chen who is a […]
The 16th International Conference on Education Research (ICER) at Seoul National University in Korea was held at Seoul National University from October 14th to 16th, 2015. The conference that lasted three days had over 500 participants from various institutions, including world class professors, scholars and researchers with, over 160 presentations including; Workshops, Keynote speeches and […]
From September 3rd to October 8th 2015, I conducted field research in Uganda, with a purpose of studying teacher absenteeism in public primary schools. While I stayed in Uganda, I was allowed to study at Makerere University. Dr. Wokadala is one of the Ph.D. alumni of Professor Ogawa Seminar and currently works as the Head […]
From September 22nd to October 4th, I participated in overseas study in Uganda and Malawi under the supervision of Professor Yasuharu Shimamura. We had three achievements in Uganda namely; interviewing JICA Kampala Office; observing Terra Renaissance’s activities; and visiting JICA’s project sites in Northern region. In Malawi, we conducted two activities namely; interviewing JICA Malawi […]
On June 16th 2015, a seminar titled“Designing, Commissioning and Managing Influential Evaluations: Focused on Education Sector” was held at the main conference room of Kobe University’s Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies (GSICS). The speaker was Dr. Albert Byamugisha, the commissioner Monitoring and Evaluation in the Office of the Prime Minister, Uganda. Dr. Jun Kawaguchi, […]
During February 1st and 27th, the author conducted an internship at JICA Zambia Office. I participated in the end-line survey of STEPS project (Strengthening Teachers’ Performance and Skills through School-based Continuing Professional Development Project). I was dispatched to Muchinga Provincial Education Office, and visited secondary schools to monitor teachers’ lessons and collect questionnaires from teachers […]
The 15th International Conference on Education Research (ICER) was held at the Hoam Convention Center in Seoul National University in Korea, from 15th to 17th October 2014. The theme of the conference was; “Leading Creative Minds: Talent Development and Convergence Education.” Eight Ogawa-seminar students attended this conference, and presented preliminary results of their respective academic […]
This is a summary report of my one and half month’s internship in the Ministry of Education and Sports in Uganda. The internship period was from August 26th to October 6th in 2014, and I was initially attached to the Statistics, Monitoring and Evaluation (SME) division under the Education Planning and Policy Analysis (EPPA) Department. […]
