Private universities and others have disputed the requirements for selecting support recipients and target schools for free higher education such as universities planned to start in 2020 by the government.According to the materials submitted to the expert meeting of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, the national and public universities generally meet the conditions, while the private universities and junior colleges question the government policy.
According to the materials submitted to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology's Council of Experts, the Japan Association of National Universities and the Public University Association generally meet the requirements for support such as classes by teachers with practical experience.
On the other hand, the Japan Association of Private Junior Colleges said, "Classes by people with practical experience are more difficult to realize in universities with various subjects." "There is," the Japan Association of Private Universities placed an order such as "correction of the tuition gap between national and private universities is the first decision."
The new system was pledged by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in the 2017 House of Representatives election, and will start in 2019 by utilizing part of the increase in revenue due to the consumption tax hike scheduled for October 10.At the end of 2020, a general framework for freeing tuition and living expenses for households exempt from residence tax was decided, and the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology has taken the lead in designing a concrete system.
The framework will be included in the basic policy of economic and financial management scheduled to be announced in June (the bold policy), and a detailed system plan will be compiled by the end of the year.Within the government, a skeleton plan has emerged that makes households exempt from residence tax free of charge and gradually subsidizes tuition and living expenses up to households with an annual income of less than 6 million yen.
Households with low income but above a certain level of assets will be excluded from the target, and universities that meet certain criteria such as disclosure of financial information and placement of faculty members with practical experience will be eligible for free of charge.
