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2010 JICA Training Program for Young Leaders: “Women’s Education in Afghanistan”

2011年1月26日更新

From Friday, January 14 to Wednesday, 26, 2011, Ochanomizu University accepted 19 Afghan female teachers for a training program led by the Global Collaboration Center and implemented by a consortium of five women’s universities (Ochanomizu University, Tsuda College, Tokyo Woman’s Christian University, Nara Women’s University, and Japan Women’s University) oh behalf of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). The consortium has accepted a total of some 120 trainees over the past eight years.

In Afghanistan, the elementary school attendance rate for girls is far lower than that for boys due to historical, social, cultural and economical reasons. To improve the situation for girls, consideration needs to be given to female education and female teachers, and school environments need to be developed so that both boys and girls can learn from each other.

The training program accordingly promotes the development of higher standards for Afghan female teachers and more appealing school environments by helping participants to learn about the importance of female education, demonstrating teaching methods, deepening their understanding of Japan’s postwar reconstruction efforts and gender equality, and thus supporting them to build a vision for Afghanistan’s recovery. This year, the program placed special emphasis on offering trainees many opportunities to observe classes in Japanese schools and learn about the teaching materials and methods used there, and on providing a place for youths and students to in the same age group to think about and discuss issues like peace and recovery support, such as the Symposium on Assistance for Afghanistan’s Recovery (see separate website). Post-training questionnaires indicated a high level of satisfaction and appreciation for the stimulation the participants received from Japanese culture and school environments. On the last day of training, one trainee summed up all her colleagues’ thoughts: “I’m going to tell other educators about what I learned here and about my experience in Japan. That will hopefully raise the educational standards of all teachers back home.” It was clear that the program gave all trainees the opportunity to identify specific problems and develop concrete action plans to solve them.

We at Ochanomizu University will put to good use our own experience in the training program as we continue to promote international collaboration.

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