Toshikazu Yamagoku, President of the Japan Association of National Universities, announced a discourse on the 2019 government budget plan, and about 1 billion yen of the 971 trillion yen of national university operating expenses subsidy being allocated in a gradual manner according to the government's evaluation. He expressed his opposition, saying that it would destabilize the financial base of the national university corporation.

 According to the Japan Association of National Universities, Chairman Yamagiwa secured the same amount of operating expenses subsidy as the previous year, and from the viewpoint of national resilience, 70 billion yen was secured for equipment maintenance and 1,155 billion yen was secured as a facility maintenance subsidy. I evaluated the points. It is also desirable that the 2019 tax reform has extended tax exemption measures for the lump sum donation of educational funds and relaxed the age limit.

 However, of the operating expenses subsidy, in addition to the same amount of function enhancement expenses of 300 billion yen as the previous year, the new core expenses of 700 billion yen will be evaluated by the government and will be allocated in a sloping manner. He criticized that it could break the foundation.The government intends to continue expanding the scope of evaluation, but has also expressed concern about this.

 In 2016, the government introduced a mechanism to contribute a certain amount from the budget allocated to each university and redistribute it based on the evaluation of the government.The Ministry of Finance has insisted on expanding the sloping allocation quota with the aim of reducing expenditures, but criticized that unstable financial measures based on short-term evaluations have made university management difficult and have led to a decline in research capabilities. However, it is coming up from universities.

reference:[National University Association] Announcement of [Chairman's comment] regarding budget and tax reforms related to national universities in 31

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