The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology has announced on its website the issues and patterns of enrollment in the fall as one of the measures to deal with the situation where temporary school closures are prolonged due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection.However, since Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Koichi Hagiuda gave a negative opinion at a press conference in May that he would not immediately conclude the introduction of autumn admission, the movement toward the introduction has stopped.

 According to the Ministry of Education, if autumn enrollment is introduced from 2021, kindergarten children, elementary school children, junior high school and high school students will be enrolled in the current school year until the end of August 2021 and from September to the new semester. It was assumed that the transition would be expected.

 小学校の新入生は2021年9月1日時点で満6歳に達している全児童を一斉に就学させるケースと、2014年4月2日から2015年5月1日に生まれた児童を修学させ、その後4年間、修学対象年齢を1カ月ずつずらして就学させるパターンを挙げた。大学の卒業は現在の在校生がこれまで通り3月、2021年9月に入学した学生から8月卒業に移行するとしている。

 Issues include increasing the number of faculty and staff, securing space for schools and kindergartens, alleviating parents' unfairness regarding school attendance, changing the timing of entrance exams and various national exams, and increasing the burden of education.

 Proposals for admission in the fall were made one after another at the National Governors' Association, and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe also showed a positive attitude in May, saying that it was a "potential option."However, when the Liberal Democratic Party's working team examined it, cautious arguments continued, and the movement toward introduction was stopped by the remarks of Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Hagita, and criticisms have been raised that it was a change in the morning decree.

 The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) featured the new corona measures and the process leading up to the reopening of the school in the 7 White Paper on Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology published in July, but did not mention autumn enrollment.

reference:[Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology] Examination of autumn admission

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