MINAMI Ryuto
Former Intern
Ryuto Minami joined the six-month internship
program at the Centre for Educational Research and Innovation of CDRI in August
2021. He holds a Master’s degree in Public Administration from Fudan University
in Shanghai, China through a double degree program and is expected to obtain
his Master’s degree in economics from Kobe University’s Graduate School of
International Cooperation Studies in March 2022. His research interests are centred
around the economics of education and education policy. He has been involved in
a government-supported research project as a research assistant and worked in an
international NGO as an intern. He will take leave from CDRI for one month from
October to work as intern at Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in
Tokyo.


The purposes of this study are to explore learning pathways when students transit from high school to higher education among Cambodian students and examine the probable causes behind their decision to switch academic majors. The study found that about half of surveyed students switched their academic majors. Virtually all the switchers are science-...