The University of Tokyo has signed an agreement with the Tokyo Metropolitan Board of Education to promote an inclusive education in which all children learn together, regardless of nationality, race, language, gender, or religion. decided.
According to the University of Tokyo, in addition to the realization of inclusive education, the contents of the agreement are that the University of Tokyo Graduate School of Education will cooperate with Kunitachi City's teacher training, and that the Kunitachi City Board of Education will cooperate with the University of Tokyo's research and training. It includes things to do.The deadline is until the end of fiscal 2023, but it will be automatically extended every year.
This agreement adds the word "full" to the front of inclusive education, making it "fully inclusive education."The measure comes after the United Nations Commission on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities recommended improvements in 2022 in response to the Japanese government's approval of separate education for children with disabilities.While traditional inclusive education includes segregated education in special needs schools and special needs classes, it made it clearer that all children receive education to learn together in regular schools and regular classes at all times.
In September 2021, the University of Tokyo announced the UTokyo Compass "Towards the Sea of Diversity: The Future Created by Dialogue" as a basic policy regarding the ideals and directions that should be pursued.Based on this, in June 9, the University of Tokyo Diversity & Inclusion Declaration was established, and the Graduate School of Education has been working to expand the Research Center for the Development of Barrier-Free Education.This agreement will be concluded as part of a project to develop inclusive education research and foster the leaders of inclusive education with Kunitachi City, which advocates "realization of fully inclusive education" in its education outline.
The University of Tokyo believes that this agreement will throw a stir on Japan's educational system, which has long had a segregated education system.
