According to the 2017 English Education Implementation Status Survey, which was conducted by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology to examine the English proficiency of public junior high school, high school students and teachers, it was found that all of them were below the figures set by the government by 2017.The same goal is reprinted in the basic education plan up to 2022 compiled by the Central Council for Education, but it highlights the fact that it has not progressed as the government expected to strengthen the language skills of junior and senior high school students toward the progress of globalization. Became.

 The survey was conducted at 9,405 public junior high schools and 3,369 high schools nationwide through each prefecture and the ordinance-designated city board of education.The number of students who have acquired the qualification equivalent to Eiken Level 3 in junior high school, the number of students who have recognized that the teachers have the same ability as the students who have acquired the qualification equivalent to Level 2 in high school, and the teachers who have acquired the qualification equivalent to Eiken Level 1 Aggregated.

 それによると、中学3年で英検3級程度以上の生徒は40.7%、高校3年で英検準2級程度以上の生徒は39.3%いた。前年度に比べ中学は4.6ポイント、高校は2.9ポイント増えているが、政府が2013年度に閣議決定した2017年度までに50%という目標には及ばなかった。

 On the other hand, 1% of junior high school teachers and 33.6% of high school teachers have qualifications equivalent to Eiken Level 65.4.This also increased by 1.6 points in junior high school and 3.2 points in high school compared to the previous year, but did not reach the government targets of 50% in junior high school and 75% in high school.

 By prefecture, Fukui Prefecture, which teaches English lessons in English as much as possible, had the highest percentages at 62.8% for junior high school students, 52.4% for high school students, 62.2% for junior high school teachers, and 91.3% for high school teachers.

reference:[Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology] About the results of the 29 "English Education Implementation Status Survey"
[Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology] Phase 2 Education Promotion Basic Plan (PDF)

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