Method of Invigorating International Education Cooperation Projects from the Viewpoint of System Dynamics

Abstract

This study was conducted for the purpose of discovering deficiencies within education- related assistance projects of private organizations that provide educational programs for developing countries. Based on the dynamic graph and educational performance of the educational ODA of 11 private institution, the adequacy of the educational projects was analyzed in terms of the following four factors: ‘Improvement of educational environment and expansion of educational opportunities’, ‘Educational system competency’, ‘Competency of education recipients’ and ‘Community formation and social reform’. The analysis found that two institutions were conducting programs corresponding to 3 out of the 4 factors while the remaining nine were conducting programs to achieve two factors. That is, the 11 institutions were appropriately carrying out educational ODA projects. To further invigorate ODA, however, it was found that it will be necessary to reinforce ‘social reform’ through ‘educational system competency’ or ‘community formation.’ This study is meaningful in that as it used a methodology that had never been used before, and analyzed the educational ODA of private institutions.