Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies (GSICS), Kobe University
On January 30, 2024, Mr. Yasuaki Yoneyama, the World Bank’s Special Representative in Japan, was invited to give a lecture on “Changing Landscape of Aid and the World Bank”. The first topic was about the significance of development assistance in developing countries. Mr. Yoneyama pointed out the diminishing influence of the G7 on the global […]
From February to March 2024, I conducted an online internship at the World Bank, Western and Central Africa Region under the supervision of education economist Dr. Bernard Yungu Loleka, an Ogawa Zemi alumnus. During my internship, I focused on Service Delivery Indicators (SDI) of secondary schools in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Throughout the […]
The 68th Annual Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES), one of the world’s largest associations in the education field, was held from March 6 2024 to March 14 in Miami, Florida. More than 400 panels and oral sessions occurred during the conference, including online and in-person. Each session offered an opportunity for […]
From February 29 to March 12, 2024, I conducted fieldwork in the district of Tondo, Manila, Philippines. The purpose of the fieldwork was to investigate how Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) is implemented in Tondo, where urban slums have been formed, and to examine the attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors of both recipients and implementers. I especially […]
From 2023 October 9th to November 8th, I conducted field research in Uganda with the support of Associate Professor James Wokadala and his research assistant at Makerere University. Field research aims to explore the teaching-learning process in lower secondary schools in Uganda, which is under the KAKEN project, “International Comparison Research Contributing to Improvement of […]
From February 10th to March 12th, 2024, I conducted an internship at the Office of the Prime Minister in Uganda, under the guidance of Dr. Albert Byamugisha, Senior Technical Advisor at the SDGs Secretariat. This is the report of my internship. The objective of the internship was to analyze the current situation and challenges of […]
From January to February 2024, I undertook an internship at the Cambodia Development Resource Institute (CDRI) under the guidance of Dr. Chea Phal, Director of CDRI. This internship provided me the opportunity to acquire a deeper understanding of teacher professional development in Cambodia. I was able to achieve this by examining the literature and gaining […]
It was my great privilege to conduct an internship at the Faculty of Education of Chiang Mai University (CMU), Thailand from February 11 to 25, 2024. During my stay at CMU, I was under the supervision of Dr. Nannaphat, who is currently initiating international cooperation and diversified academic interactions in the Division of Social Science […]
On March 3rd, 2024, I participated in the 70th anniversary of Official Development Assistance (ODA)” held at the Kobe International Conference Center and served as a panelist. As the Japanese ODA marks its 70th anniversary this year, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) and JICA organize various commemorative events. The kick-off event was held in […]
On March 1, 2024 (Friday), Professor Keiichi Ogawa was invited to deliver a lecture on “Global Public Policy and Practice in Human Resource Development in the Arab Region: Focused on Yemen” at Fudan University in Shanghai, China. This lecture was organized by the Institute for Global Public Policy (IGPP) and the Fudan-Arab Research Centre for […]
