Activities

I had a great experience during a short-term study and internship in Laos-PDR through the program. I participated in a short-term study program at the National University of Laos in 2024, alongside students from Kobe and Korea University in the same program. The program lasted for four weeks.

During the first week, I attended intensive lectures at the National University of Laos to grasp the concept of Laotian economic growth at macro and micro perspectives. In the following two weeks, all students had the opportunity to intern at the Ministry of Education and Sports Throughout the internship, we visited various departments such as Higher Education, EMIS, the Research Institution of Educational Science (RIES), and international organizations like the World Bank, ADB, UNICEF, and UNESCO. These visits helped us understand current educational issues in Laos and allowed us to express our opinions to address these issues during meetings.

Additionally, with the support of the Ministry of Education and Sports, I developed questionnaires, interviewed teachers at an upper secondary school, and visited a primary school in the capital city of Vientiane.

I express my sincere gratitude to all those involved in this program and in the research, who provided us with invaluable support from the application process to participation in the program and research guidance.