Background and Objectives

• Background and Objectives

Opening Session

• Opening Remarks by Teru Fukui, Senior Vice-Minister of Education, Culture, Sports,
  Science and Technology, Japan
• Opening Remarks by Toshiko Abe, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, Japan
• Opening Session

Executive Summary

• Executive Summary

Keynote Speech

• “Teachers: the Bridge to Future for Education in Africa”
  Dzingai Mutumbuka, Chair, Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA)
• Keynote Summary

Keynote Speech

• “Issues concerning Japanese Teachers at Compulsory Education Level”
  Shinji Kubota, Professor, Division of Education, Faculty of Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba
• Keynote Summary</a

Questions and Answers with Keynote Speaker

• Questions and Answers with Keynote Speaker

Panel Session

• “Issues concerning Teachers, Affecting the Learning Achievement of Students in Primary Education”
• “Challenges Faced by Teachers of Lower Secondary Education”

• Moderator:

• Ramon Bacani, Director, Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization, Regional Center for Educational Innovation and Technology (SEAMEO INNOTECH)

• Panelists:

• Edem Adubra, Head of the Secretariat, International Task Force on Teachers for EFA, Division for Teachers and Higher Education, UNESCO
• Rina Rouanet de Núñez, Education Specialist (JICA GUATEMATICA Project Local Coordinator), Guatemala
• Tomoko Udagawa, Teacher, Sashiogi Elementary School, Saitama City (Former Participant in JOCV Special Participation System for In-service Teachers)

Open Floor Discussions and Question and Answer with Speakers

• Open Floor Discussions and Question and Answer with Speakers

Concluding Discussions by Speakers

• Concluding Discussions by Speakers

Appendix

• Appendix