TEIKYO SDGs report Seeds of Good Education
――Challenge from quantitative dissemination to qualitative improvement ――














Teikyo University Faculty of Language Studies Department of Foreign Languages Associate Professor Kekako Nishimukai
After graduating from the Department Faculty of Liberal Arts German Literature at Meiji University, he studied abroad in the UK. He completed a master's degree in Sociology and Anthropology at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, and obtained a doctorate from the Department of Social Policy at the Institute of Education, University of London. After working at a think tank, he has been a researcher at a university in Japan since 2010. In 2016, he became Senior Assistant Professor at Teikyo University's Faculty of Languages and Cultures. He is currently focusing on research into basic education in Sierra Leone and Ghana in Africa.
To summarize this report ...
- The international community has held various discussions and actions on educational support since the four World Education Regional Conferences held by UNESCO in the 1960s.
- As a result of these efforts, about 90% of children in the world, including developing countries, are now receiving primary education.
- However, there are many issues, especially in developing countries, such as the spread of secondary and higher education, the improvement of overall quality of education, and the improvement of student learning outcomes.
- Although Ghana has entered a low- and middle-income country due to political, economic and social stability, regional disparities between urban and rural areas and economic disparities between the rich and the poor have led to disparities in education. I would like to study measures that will lead to improvement of the quality of education and academic ability, and to raise the level of education in rural areas.
- In improving the quality of education, differences in the awareness and efforts of teachers, students, and parents appear to be significant differences in the educational environment.
- Children who learned in a good environment were highly evaluated for school, and at the same time, they were generally positive about their motivation to learn and their career paths.
- In Ghana, there is a great deal of respect for the teaching profession, and many well-educated students say they want to be "teachers." The chain of education will increase the value of society
World education support
Educational support for developing countries by the international community has been provided since World War II. In 1960, the World Education and Regional Conference was held under the leadership of UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) to discuss the dissemination of education in Asia, Africa, Latin America and Arab countries. At this conference, it was adopted to achieve the disseminati