Creative PR Co., Ltd. conducts a questionnaire on volunteers for the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics for first and second year students of active universities. 1% of students answered that they would like to participate. (2 respondents)
According to the results of the questionnaire, 47.7% answered "I want to participate" in the question "Do you want to participate in volunteering at this time?"The reasons are "I might meet athletes," "I want to help people as much as possible," "I'm interested in international activities," and "I don't have the Olympics in Japan anymore. I think that, because I am a student in 2020, I wanted to be actively involved. "
When asked about the activities they would like to participate in, the number of people who wanted to participate was 16,000 to 25,000, and the most popular "guidance" was 21.4%.This was followed by "any activity is fine" (20.2%) and "operational support" (11.7%).Students (10.7%) who chose "Attend" to provide communication support in a foreign language answered "I want to test my language skills and I want to acquire them".In addition, students (2.4%) who chose "technology" to support the lending and collection of communication equipment, etc. to those involved in the tournament said, "There is an item in the outline of volunteer activities that I can use. I answered.It turned out that some students see volunteers as a place where they can demonstrate their abilities and special skills outside the university.
On the other hand, when asked why they did not want to participate (20.5%), they said, "Because it is free of charge," "Because of the long restraint time," and "Because students are only seen as a free labor force." The reasons such as were raised.What kind of conditions and systems would you like to participate in?In response to the question, the reasons such as "priority watching rights", "can participate in just one day", "useful for job hunting", "improvement of working environment, burden of transportation expenses and food expenses" were mentioned.
In addition, when asked about the notification issued by the Japan Sports Agency and the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology to universities nationwide asking them to prepare a lesson schedule for 2020 in consideration of the schedule of the Olympics, they said, "Opportunity to touch the Olympics and Paralympics as much as possible. I agree with the idea that increasing the number may increase future visions and dreams. ”“ Since I am paying school fees to the university, the schedule will be changed for volunteers. "It's strange." "I think it's good that the country and the people can support the Tokyo Olympics together. On the other hand, there are certain disadvantages because it involves people who are not interested in the Olympics."
