Internship Experience at the Ministry of Education and Sports in Lao PDR (Chihiro Taketomi)

Internship Experience at the Ministry of Education and Sports in Lao PDR (Chihiro Taketomi)

From August 24 to September 11, 2026, I participated in a three-week internship alongside other students at the Ministry of Education and Sports (MoES) of Lao PDR under the supervision of Deputy Director-General Mr. Anoupheng Keovongsa. During the internship, I conducted interviews with officials from different departments of MoES and representatives of international organizations and […]

Internship Experience with PADECO in a Primary Education Support Project in Lao PDR (Risa Obata)

Internship Experience with PADECO in a Primary Education Support Project in Lao PDR (Risa Obata)

From August 4 to August 27, 2026, I participated in a three and a half-week internship at PADECO. Co., Ltd. (currently Pacific Padeco International Co., Ltd.) in the Project for Strengthening Teacher Capacity to Improve Primary Mathematics Lessons (iTEAM2). iTEAM2 is a JICA technical cooperation project that aims to strengthen the practical implementation of the […]

Internship Experience at the Ministry of Education and Sports in Lao PDR (Riko Ishikawa)

Internship Experience at the Ministry of Education and Sports in Lao PDR (Riko Ishikawa)

From August 24 to September 11, 2026, I participated in a three-week internship at the Ministry of Education and Sports in Lao PDR, under the supervision of Deputy Director General Mr. Anoupheng Keovongsa. This internship was part of the 2026 CAMPUS Asia Plus Short-Term Study Program at the National University of Laos (NUOL). Five students […]

Internship Experience at the Ministry of Education and Sports in Lao PDR (Lantao Shi)

Internship Experience at the Ministry of Education and Sports in Lao PDR (Lantao Shi)

I completed a three-week internship at the Ministry of Education and Sports of Lao PDR from August 24 to September 11, 2026. It was a valuable opportunity to gain a practical understanding of the education sector from both institutional and school-level perspectives. Through meetings and briefing sessions with different departments of MoES, as well as […]

Traineeship Program Experience at the UNESCO Regional Office in Jakarta (Noa Yokogawa)

Traineeship Program Experience at the UNESCO Regional Office in Jakarta (Noa Yokogawa)

From 17 November 2025 to 15 May 2026, I participated in a six-month traineeship programme at the UNESCO Regional Office in Jakarta. The UNESCO traineeship programme is jointly organized by UNESCO and the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan (Japanese National Commission for UNESCO). The programme aims to promote understanding of […]

Traineeship Program Experience at the UNESCO Regional Office for Southern Africa, Harare, Zimbabwe (Miyoko Watanabe)

Traineeship Program Experience at the UNESCO Regional Office for Southern Africa, Harare, Zimbabwe (Miyoko Watanabe)

From October 27, 2025, to April 27, 2026, I conducted a traineeship at the UNESCO Regional Office for Southern Africa (UNESCO ROSA) in Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe.  The UNESCO Traineeship Program is jointly implemented by Japan’s Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), specifically the Japanese National Commission for UNESCO, and UNESCO. […]

Research Internship on Brazil’s Upper Secondary Education Reform (Hinata Tanaka)

Research Internship on Brazil’s Upper Secondary Education Reform (Hinata Tanaka)

From December 12, 2025 to March 20, 2026, I completed a research internship under the guidance of Dr. Danilo Leite Dalmon. This internship focused on a quantitative analysis of Brazil’s Upper Secondary Education Reform, with particular attention to the expansion of full-time upper secondary education and its relationship with school-level Basic Education Development Index (IDEB) […]

Five Ogawa Seminar Students Completed a Remote World Bank Internship under the Guidance of Dr. Bernard Yungu Loleka

Five Ogawa Seminar Students Completed a Remote World Bank Internship under the Guidance of Dr. Bernard Yungu Loleka

From 15th February to 31st March 2026, five master’s students from the Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies (GSICS), Kobe University, under the supervision of Professor Ogawa Keiichi, undertook a remote internship with the World Bank. The internship was conducted under the guidance of Dr. Bernard Yungu Loleka, Education Economist with the World Bank’s Western […]