Pathways to Building Back Better in Education
“Voices from the Field”
October 15, 2020
16:00–18:00 (JST)
Language: English
Free Registration
The year 2020 has been marked by COVID-19 and education became one of the hardest hit sectors by the pandemic. Full or partial lockdown measures have been introduced around the world since March 2020, resulting in school closures. This webinar will shed light on the cases of 3 Southeast Asian countries, Cambodia, Myanmar, and Lao P.D.R., and present initiatives taken in these countries to continue education during the pandemic. Education specialists will explore pathways towards Building Back Better in this unprecedented global educational challenge.
Target Groups
Graduate/Undergraduate students who are interested in international education development (and others)
Programme
Part 1: Pathways to continue education during COVID-19 （1 hour）
- Opening
- Country Presentations/Dialogues
- Myanmar (Hikari Miyahara x Risa Otsu from CREATE Project)
- Cambodia (Dr. Set Seng x Koji Takahashi from E-TEC Project)
- Lao P.D.R. (Mr. Outhit Thipmany x Rio Nishihara from iTEAM Project)
- Q&A
Part 2: Pathways towards Building Back Better （1 hour）
- Introduction
- Commentary
- Perspective on infection prevention in schools (Prof. Aiko Sakurai)
- Perspective on ensuring continuity of learning (Prof. Masakazu Kita)
- Comments from PADECO Education Division (Akiko Nakano)
- Plenary session
Summary and Closing (Ryuichi Sugiyama, General Manager, PADECO EDD)
Panelists
From Myanmar
Hikari MIYAHARA
Project Consultant at PADECO
M.A. in International Comparative Education
(Stanford University School of Education, USA)
Risa OTSU
Consultant at PADECO
M.S. in Education
(University of Pennsylvania, USA)
Joint Japan/World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program (JJWBGSP) Scholar
From Cambodia
Dr. Seng SET
Director, Teacher Education College, Phnom Penh
Ph.D in Chemistry Education
(Hyogo University of Education, Japan)
Koji TAKAHASHI
Principal Consultant at PADECO
M.A. (Education and International Development)
(Institute of Education, University of London, U.K)
M.Ed. in Mathematics
(Graduate School of Kobe University, Japan)
From Lao P. D. R.
Mr. Outhit THIPMANY
Deputy Director,
Research Institute for Educational Sciences (RIES)
Master Degree (Energy), Asian Institute of Technology (Thailand)
Rio NISHIHARA
Consultant at PADECO
Master of Arts in International Educational Development
(Columbia University, USA)
Master of Economics
(Kobe University, Japan)
Rotary Foundation Global Grant Scholar
Commentator
Dr. Aiko SAKURAI
Professor, Toyo Eiwa University and Tohoku University
Ex-Deputy General Manager at PADECO
Ph.D. (Kobe University, Japan)
Master of Public Administration (MPA) (Columbia University, USA)
LLM (Political Science), (Keio University, Japan)
Dr. Masakazu KITA
Professor, Graduate School of Education, Okayama University
Doctor of Science (Osaka University, Japan)
Moderator
Akiko NAKANO
Deputy General Manager at PADECO
Master of Education in International Education Policy
(Harvard University Graduate School of Education, USA)
Material
PADECO Education Development Division
Webinar Office
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us!