While the government has announced that it will curb the expansion of new universities in the 23 wards of Tokyo, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology has approved an increase in the number of students from 2018. Issued an urgent statement asking.
The statement is a joint name of Keiji Yamada, Governor of Kyoto Prefecture, Chairman of the National Governors' Association, Norihisa Satake, Governor of Akita Prefecture, and Hajime Furuta, Governor of Gifu Prefecture, General Manager of Regional Revitalization Countermeasures Headquarters.
In a statement, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology acknowledged an increase in the capacity of 47 students from 5,701 private schools, while the increase in the number of students in the 23 wards of Tokyo was 12 at 2,183 schools, accounting for 4% of the total. He criticized the government for taking measures against the policy of curbing new expansion in the 23 wards of Tokyo, which was decided by the Cabinet.
The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology is requesting that the government immediately strengthen its guidance to universities and promote legislation to increase the number of university faculties in the 23 wards of Tokyo and curb the increase in capacity.
In June, after the government decided on a policy to expand new universities in the 6 wards of Tokyo, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology requested a review of private universities that had applied for an increase in capacity, but it has not been enacted. Therefore, each school did not respond to the request, saying that "it is difficult to review at the last minute" and "there are already securing teachers and improving facilities".
The application was approved after the Council for the Establishment of Universities and School Corporations reported to the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Hirokazu Matsuno to approve the application.
In the face of the "university 18 problem" where the 2018-year-old population begins to decline again, private universities in the metropolitan area continue to return to the city center to survive, and in anticipation of tightening government regulations, apply for an increase in capacity. Was there.
