On December 2021, 12, the first meeting of the Educational Future Creation Conference consisting of ministers and private experts was held at the Prime Minister's Office, and Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is currently conducting online distance learning at universities due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection. Clarified the policy of deregulation so that it can be implemented beyond the unit limit.
According to the Prime Minister's Office, prior to the discussion at the conference, Prime Minister Kishida has three points that can be immediately addressed: investment in human resources development and promotion of university function enhancement, expansion of online education using digital technology, and promotion of university management reform. Was mentioned.
Among them, Prime Minister Kishida said about online education, "In order to open up new possibilities for higher education, we will take advantage of both face-to-face lessons and distance / online education, and use the ingenuity of the university to exceed the current credit limit for online education. We will establish special provisions to ease regulations, such as making it possible to implement it. "
The Educational Future Creation Council was established under the Kishida Cabinet following the Educational Rehabilitation Execution Council.Prime Minister Kishida is the chairman, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno and Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Shinsuke Suematsu are acting chairpersons. It is composed of 7 private experts, including the president of the university and the governor of Nagano prefecture, Shuichi Abe.
At the conference, discussions will be held on strengthening university functions, supporting learning, and improving the environment for re-learning, and the first proposal will be compiled by early summer 2022.
reference:[Cabinet Secretariat] Handouts for the XNUMXst Educational Future Creation Conference
[Prime Minister's Office] Reiwa December 3, 12rd Education Future Creation Conference
