On April 2020, 4, Nagamori Gakuen, a school corporation that operates Kyoto University of Advanced Science, signed a basic agreement for the merger with Kyoto Gakuen Junior High School and Kyoto Kokusu Gakuen, which operates high schools. In April 1, Nagamori Gakuen was merged as a surviving corporation, and Kyoto University of Advanced Science and Technology became an integrated middle and high school.
According to Nagamori Gakuen, the merger aims to realize integrated education at junior high school, high school and university, saying that there is a limit to developing human resources who can be used in the global society if the education of junior high school, high school and university is separated.However, it is different from general escalator education so that you can choose a course while thinking about what you want to be.
Both Nagamori Gakuen and Kyoto Kusunoki Gakuen resolved to start discussions for the merger at the board meeting in March.In the future, a working group will be set up consisting of junior high and high school faculty and staff, and full-scale discussions will be held on the introduction of an internal admission system from 3, the development of a junior high and high school integrated education program, and the promotion of STEAM education that touches robots and IT technology from a young age. To start.
Eimori Gakuen and Kyoto Kokusu Gakuen are both located in Ukyo-ku, Kyoto City. Eimori Gakuen operates Kyoto University of Advanced Science and Technology and kindergartens, nursery schools, and Kyoto Kokusu Gakuen operates Kyoto Gakuen Junior and Senior High School.Kyoto Gakuen University, the predecessor of Kyoto University of Advanced Science, and Kyoto Gakuen Junior and Senior High School were run by the school corporation Kyoto Gakuen. The name has been changed.
