The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology's Council of Experts has begun accepting public comments on the new income-linked refundable scholarship system that summarizes the direction of future discussions.The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology will accept the opinions of the people until the 23rd and reflect them in future measures.
The public comment system was started with the revision of the Administrative Procedure Act in 2005, and when deciding a cabinet order or ministerial order, we announce the plan in advance and solicit opinions from the public.The ministry in charge will consider the opinions of the people in order to reflect them in future measures.
The new income-linked return-type scholarship system compiled by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology's Council of Experts utilizes the My Number system to grasp the income of returnees and set the monthly refund amount according to income in order to reduce the burden on returnees. We also included things such as adding graduate students who were not eligible for scholarships.
In addition, the minimum monthly return amount will be raised from 2,000 yen to 3,000 yen, while the return rate will be set at 9% or 10%.It is said that it will be applied from new lenders in 2017 as it requires prompt introduction.
The current income-linked scholarship system by the Japan Student Services Organization allows unlimited scholarships until the annual income exceeds 300 million yen.However, if the annual income exceeds 300 million yen, a fixed amount of refund is required regardless of the annual income, so when the annual income of the returnee is 300-400 million yen, the burden becomes heavy.