While the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology is trying to suppress the faculties of universities that are going to open in the 23rd ward of Tokyo by notification, the Japan Association of Private Universities has made the regulation a short-term temporary measure and a third party organization. We submitted an opinion requesting that it be recognized as an exception based on such judgments.
According to the Japan Association of Private Universities, the opinion was submitted as a public comment to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology notification.The establishment of faculties and the regulation of capacity are permanent measures that violate academic freedom and the right to education, and do not lose the independence of private universities that contribute to the development of Japan and the development of diverse human resources. I asked not to take any measures.
Suppressing the expansion of new universities in the 23 wards of Tokyo may lead to depriving local young people of opportunities to learn and grow in Tokyo, and third-party organizations make rational decisions on new expansion of faculties. He insisted that exceptions should be allowed.
Regarding regional revitalization, it is necessary to take drastic measures to create employment in rural areas, and the promotion of local universities should be dealt with by proactive financial support and expansion of support for students who go on to local universities.
The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology has decided to issue a notification plan that includes the establishment of new faculties and departments in 2019 and the restraint on the increase in capacity, and is accepting public comments until the 10th. From 2020 onward, the policy is to continue regulation with a bill that is normally submitted to the Diet.
