(7) Development Education

MOFA sends staff to junior-high and high-schools, universities, local governments and NGOs to give "ODA Delivery Lectures" which explain and comment on international cooperation and ODA. Similarly, on MOFA's Japanese language homepage, there is a "Development Education Promotion Homepage for Compulsory Education" ("Let's explore our world!") setup, which provides teaching materials for development education as necessary. In addition, in order to promote development education, JICA holds the "Global Education Contest" (Note 24) (JICA has been the main sponsor since FY 2011) to solicit teaching materials for development education. Similarly to assist development education, in response to requests from school education on the ground and local governments that promote internationalization, JICA sends experienced JOCV to schools as lecturers, and they implement "International Cooperation Delivery Lectures" that communicate life in developing countries and stories of personal experiences and aim to promote understanding of different cultures and international understanding, as well as the "International Cooperation Experience Program" that focuses on high-school and university students, and the "JICA International Cooperation Junior-High and High-School Student Essay Contest" for junior-high and high-school students. Furthermore, "Development Education Instructor Training" is provided to teaching staff, and the "Teachers' Overseas Training" dispatches teaching staff to developing countries, aiming to fully utilize such experiences in lessons.

A staff member of MOFA explains Japan's ODA in an ODA Delivery Lecture.

Note 24: Formerly the Development Education/International Understanding Education Contest (changed in FY2009)

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